AERIS/ICARE

New GEORING product on cloud cover

With the spatial and spectral capabilities of the recent geostationary sensors, the potential of combining geostationary observations from several operational satellites to create the so-called GEORING is attracting increasing interest […]

15.02.2024

MEASURING THE SIZE OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN

As part of the European FAIR-EASE project, which aims to customise and exploit distributed and integrated services for observing and modelling the Earth system, the environment and biodiversity by improving […]

08.12.2023

Geostationary satellite data in the spotlight at ICARE

This month, the ICARE/AERIS data and services centre developed a new imagery product compiling observations made by the five geostationary imagers. The GEORING Day-Night product is currently generated at hourly […]

28.06.2023

THE MEGHA-TROPIQUES SATELLITE MISSION COMES TO AN END

After more than 10 years of observations, the Franco-Indian satellite was decommissioned and deorbited on 7 March. Launched on 12 October 2011 by the Indian launcher PSLV C18, as part […]

30.05.2023

Cyclone Freddy seen by geostationary satellites

Cyclone Freddy, which formed at the beginning of February off the coast of Australia, is the longest cyclone ever recorded: after crossing the Indian Ocean from east to west over […]

20.03.2023

C3S Data Rescue: restoring old satellite data to improve current and future climate modelling.

At the previous COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, leaders recognised the need to “fill existing gaps in the climate observation system“. For example, the role of the Copernicus Climate Change Service […]

20.02.2023

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