Title :
ESA future earth observation explorer missions
Author :
Bézy, J.L. ; Bensi, P. ; Lin, C.-C. ; Durand, Y. ; Héliére, F. ; Regan, A. ; Ingmann, P. ; Langen, J. ; Berger, M. ; Davidson, M. ; Rebhan, H.
Author_Institution :
ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk
Abstract :
A new call for Core Earth Explorer Ideas was released by the European Space Agency in March 2005. The Call focused on the global carbon and water cycles, atmospheric chemistry and climate, as well as the human element as a cross cutting issue. The proposals were peer reviewed by scientific panels, and also appraised technically and programmatically by ESA. This paper describes the Earth Explorer cycle and gives an overview of the six candidate missions selected for assessment studies.
Keywords :
atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric composition; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; climatology; remote sensing; AD 2005 03; ESA; Earth Explorer; European Space Agency; atmospheric chemistry; climate; global carbon; water cycles; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Chemical elements; Chemistry; Earth; Geoscience; Humans; Ice; Proposals; Weather forecasting; Earth Observation; Explorer missions; atmosphere; carbon cycle; climate; water cycle;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422767
