Official feed of
@esa
's wind mission. The
#EarthExplorer
#Aeolus
was the first satellite mission to acquire profiles of Earth’s wind on a global scale.
Are you at
#EGU24
this week?
We're representing
#ESAatEGU
tomorrow in the session EarthCARE: Ready for Launch 🚀
Loads of
#Aeolus
talks on offer, from when we took to the skies, data, and algorithms to pave the way for EarthCARE's snazzy lidar!
👉
Curious about
#EarthCARE
's upcoming plans and how we plan to use the
#ATLID
#lidar
simulator to validate the mission? 🛰️
Come meet
#P4cv
member and lidar expert Peristera Paschou at
#EGU24
to learn more.🚀📡👩🚀
Coming soon to an orbit near you:
@esa
's Arctic Weather Satellite!
The satellite is currently in its very last stages of being checked and readied for shipment by air to California ahead of its launch.
Its enhanced sounding will capture short fluctuations in humidity that can…
We're putting together some amazing work on Aeolus in its final days, when end-of-life tests pushed our wind keeper to its limits!
Some really great stuff for aerosol folk out there coming soon! 🌬️🍃
📺
A large dust storm originating from the Sahara Desert has engulfed skies across the central Mediterranean Basin.
Suspended particles brought haze and poor air quality.
This
@CopernicusEU
#Sentinel2
image shows the dust over central Italy.
Explore the full image here:…
Today, we’re launching a new digital series, the U.S. Air Force DRL Flight Show, about the parallels between drone racing and U.S. Air Force careers.
Brought to you by
@USAFRecruiting
, our U.S. Air Force Team Pilot
@Headsupfpv
talks about how your passion for flight can help you…
Takes us back to this wonderful talk - and an incredible visual - at the
#Aeolus
third year anniversary science conference in 2022.
Can't believe it's been over two years!
🆕
#Aeolus
preprint 🆕 Gravity waves above Northern Atlantic & Europe during streamer events 🌬️🍎🌊📊
🌊 Gravity waves are like ripples in Earth's atmosphere
🌩️ Understanding the energy density is crucial for atmospheric models
🛰️ Can
#Aeolus
help? 🤔
👉
🆕
#Aeolus
paper 🆕
A
@iap_kborn
study takes 3D wind observations with a compact mobile lidar based on tropo- and stratospheric aerosol backscatter, comparing results with
@ECMWF
& Aeolus winds
👉
If a satellite is no longer operational, does it mean its data are no longer useful?
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
That is precisely the goal of
@esa
's Heritage Space Programme: it provides over 40 years worth of data from more than 45 satellites. Here are some examples of how these…
🆕 What is the contribution of
#Aeolus
winds to sea surface wind forecasts? 🤔
📊 Slightly improves background forecasts in global sea surface vector wind by ∼0.11% on average
📉 Slightly reduces zonal and meridional wind biases of background forecasts for most climatic ocean…
Phase F of the Aeolus mission is underway!
Here at
@DLR_en
we gathered with colleagues from
@AirbusSpace
@Leonardo_live
and
@eumetsat
to review our end-of-life activities and next steps.
Whilst Aeolus may be on Antarctic ice, we've got plenty in store yet - especially as we…
🚀🚨new launch coming up!
In June the
#ArcticWeatherSatellite
will start its mission to supply an almost constant stream of temperature and humidity data from EVERY location on Earth – allowing, for the first time, for ‘nowcasting’ in the Arctic.
ℹ️
Happy
#WorldMetDay
! ⛅️🌧️🌩️🌤️⛈️🌨️
🌬️ Let the sounds of Earth's winds blow you away once again as we remember Aeolus's contributions to global weather forecasts, today 🥰
👉
It's
#WorldMetDay
tomorrow!
Just in time, a 🆕 preprint says
#Aeolus
winds improve
#Arctic
weather forecasts!
🌀 On strong wind days in particular, forecasts are greatly improved compared to other operational wind measurements
In
@ESSOpenArchive
👉
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It's
#WorldPoetryDay
!
🛰️ Not many satellites have their very own poem, but our keeper of the winds does
🌠 Here's an ode to
#Aeolus
's trailblazing final moments
🎶 Sound on, hear the gorgeous sounds of the Life of Aeolus - wind data given new life as music by
@jamiepereramuso
It's
#InternationalDayOfHappiness
!
Tell you what. There was nothing like the feeling of joy when 🥵 after the most intense week in mission control 🥵 we landed Aeolus right on track in a trailblazing reentry 🤩
Here's to the beaming team that day! 🙌