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Sentinel-1 controllers ready for hectic first days 25 March 2014 Following a spectacular launch, Sentinel-1A's first few days in orbit will be some of...

Call for Media: Launch of the first Sentinel satellite 25 March 2014 The first satellite of Europe's Copernicus programme is set for launch from...

First satellite detection of volcanic OCIO 25 March 2014 A large volcanic OClO and BrO plume could be tracked from ENVISAT SCIAMACHY jointly with EOS Aura...

20 years of continuous SAR observations benefit landslide studies 24 March 2014 The SBAS-DInSAR technique has been applied to ERS, Envisat and COSMO-SkyMed...

Prepping for radar vision 18 March 2014 Sentinel-1A, Europe's first satellite for Copernicus, is almost ready for launch on 3 April. Meanwhile, ESA is...

Using MERIS for the retrieval of suspended sediments in optically complex waters 07 March 2014 Estuaries along many of the world's diverse coastlines,...

African water and equatorial space weather focus of inaugural Alcantara workshop 28 February 2014 Researchers from three continents gathered at ESA's...

Envisat InSAR coseismic and post-seismic investigation of the 2008 Mw 6.3 Damxung earthquake, Tibet 26 February 2014 In this study the scientists use...

First Copernicus satellite at launch site 25 February 2014 The Sentinel-1A radar satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana to be...

Mesoscale marine atmospheric boundary layer phenomena observed by Envisat ASAR 24 February 2014 Mesoscale marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) phenomena...

Sentinel-1 spreads its wings 21 February 2014 When Sentinel-1 is placed in orbit around Earth in a few weeks, it has to perform a complicated dance...

ESA selects themes for EO Thematic Exploitation Platforms 17 February 2014 In September 2013 ESA's Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes (D-EOP)...

Is global warming hiding underwater? 07 February 2014 Satellite observations of global sea-surface temperature show that a 30-year upward trend has slowed...

World Wetlands Day focuses on agriculture 31 January 2014 The 2014 World Wetlands Day highlights the need for wetlands and the agriculture sector to work...

Portugal preps for Copernicus 24 January 2014 With the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme’s first satellite nearing launch, Portugal explores how...

Gearing up for a new era in Earth observation 21 January 2014 Aiming for launch at the end of March, the first satellite built specifically for...

Taking Earth's temperature 13 January 2014 Like thermometers in the sky, satellite instruments can measure the temperatures of Earth's surfaces. ESA's new...

Combination of DInSAR and gravity meseaurements for the analysis of Etna volcano activity 06 December 2013 In this study the team combined time-dependent...

Science meets Sentinel-3 06 December 2013 With the first of the Sentinel satellites being readied for launch next spring, scientists are looking ahead to...

Mapping the world's largest coral reef 29 November 2013 Scientists have used satellite observations to create a set of high-resolution 3D maps of the entire...

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