Earth Explorer New Missions
There are now six Core Earth Explorer missions which are under consideration, is inviting all scientists who wish to be a part of earth explorer missions. This can be done by registering on ESA’s website.
Earth Explorer missions is a part of ESA’s Living Planet Program which is concentrated on the atmosphere (where humans live), biosphere, hydrosphere (water bodies), cry sphere and the Earth's interior (internal core of the earth) with the overall emphasis on learning more about the interactions between these core components and their impact on human lives and human activity is having on natural Earth processes.
Many science communities are now involved right from the beginning of these core earth explorer missions that include a peer-reviewed selection process. This process of missions gives the Earth science community an efficient tool for advancing the understanding of the Earth system and also forms the basis for development of new applications of Earth observation.
This is an important program of earth explorer, there are already six Earth Explorer missions that need to be implemented and they are under consideration of ESA and now the six new proposals selected for case study.
The Mission Assessment Group: The Mission Assessment Groups plays an important role in this case study by providing scientific information to the Agency and assist for the drafting of the Reports for Assessment. The Reports for Assessment are keys to the evaluation process, which leads to the selection missions to enter Phase.
There are some core earth explorer missions some of which are under considerations and some are been implemented.
BIOMASS: Biomass is one of the earth explorer core missions in which it considers global measurements of forest biomass.
Troposphere composition and Air Quality (TCAQ): This core mission is used to monitor air quality and long-range transport of air pollutants.
Process Exploration through Measurements of Infrared and millimeter-wave Emitted Radiation (PREMIER): The purpose of this core mission is to understand processes that link trace gases, radiation, chemistry and climate in the atmosphere.
Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX): FLEX missions launched to observe global photosynthesis through the measurement of fluorescence.
Advanced Space Carbon and Climate Observation of Planet Earth (A-SCOPE): A-SCOPE is launched to improve our understanding of the global carbon cycle and regional carbon dioxide fluxes.
Cold Regions Hydrology High-resolution Observatory (CoReH2O): CoReH2O mission is to make detailed observations of key snow, ice and water cycle characteristics.
Multi Mission Earth Observation Portal: There is some multi mission earth observation websites provides an authoritative one-stop access point for a wide variety of Earth Observation resources. This feature provides a directory to locate projects, services and datasets, direct access to satellite data as well as map servers and cartographic material. This also includes material and links concerning airborne remote sensing and ground based spatial data.
ESA’s Earth Observation data and services are available at the market rates. There are some distributing Entities like EMMA and SARCOM, and they can be represented by Eurimage and Spot Image. These entities are also called distribution entities
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