Highlights

Public release of Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR and ScaRaB Level-2 products Update on Level-1 products and MADRAS status October 2013

Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR and ScaRaB Level-2 products are now freely available to all registered users through the ICARE Archive Web Interface and FTP server. Level-2 products were produced from the beginning of the mission in late 2011 to present. Three products are available: SAPHIR L2-UTH: Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity from SAPHIR ScaRaB L2-FLUX: Top-of-the-Atmosphere shortwave and […]

Public release of Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR and ScaRaB Level-1A and Level-1A2 data – January 2013

SRO and CNES have announced the public release of Level-1A and Level-1A2 products of Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR and ScaRaB. Version v1.05 of these data are routinely transmitted to ICARE since January 24, 2013 and are available as “orbit-wise” as well as “segment-wise”. This new version includes the latest calibration revisions for both sensors and is currently […]

Release announcement for DARDAR products and documentation December 2010

ICARE is pleased to announce the release of the products developed as part of the DARDAR project, which originates from the collaboration between the IPSL/LATMOS, University of Reading, and ICARE Data and Services Center: CSTRACK, multi-sensor extractions colocated with the RADAR footprints, DARDAR_MASK, a CALIPSO/CLOUDSAT combined vertical categorisation mask, DARDAR_CLOUD, cloud variables retrieved from RADAR/LIDAR […]

Public release of CALIPSO expedited data products January 2013

The Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) at NASA Langley Research Center, in collaboration with the CALIPSO mission, announces the release of new expedited CALIPSO Lidar and IIR products (Level 1 and Level 2), and WFC products (Level 1). Expedited data products are intended to support near real-time operations and measurement field campaigns. These daily products […]

Journée Thématique du Programme National de Télédétection Spatiale “Problèmes et Méthodes Inverses en Télédétection” PNTS Workshop on Inverse Problems and Methods in Remote Sensing 14 November 2012, CNES, Paris

Le Programme National de Télédétection Spatiale organise le 14 novembre 2012 une journée thématique consacrée aux ” problèmes inverses ” en télédétection spatiale dans le but de favoriser les échanges entre chercheurs sur cette thématique pluridisciplinaire. La journée s’articulera autour de 6 présentations invitées de 30 min qui permettront aux participants d’échanger sur leurs expériences, […]

Drift of PARASOL overpass time is accelerating

The Parasol project team informs the scientific community that the overpass time of the PARASOL mission is departing more and more rapidly from its original value (1:30 pm). The mission has gone well beyond its expected duration and the inclination of the spacecraft has not been maintained for years causing the drift to increase rapidly […]

Successful launch of the French-Indian Megha-Tropiques satellite October 12, 2011

On October 12, 2011, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched the Megha-Tropiques satellite on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from the Sriharikota launch base. The Megha-Tropiques is a joint project between the ISRO and the French government space agency CNES. Megha-Tropiques is the first satellite dedicated to advancing our understanding of […]

Data release announcement Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR Level-1 data now available July 2012

Starting July 6, 2012, SAPHIR Level-1 data (MT1SAPSL1A “dump-wise” products) are routinely transmitted to the ICARE Data and Services Center from the Indian mission center ISSDC. The software used to produce the Level-1 data has been validated by CNES and ISRO. In accordance with the agreement signed by CNES and ISRO, access to these early […]

Fires in Greece, August 2007

Large forest fires erupted in Greece’s Peloponnesus Peninsula on August 24th, 2007, producing thick plumes of smoke over the Ionian Sea. Several remote sensing images and products available from the ICARE archive helped users analyze that event. MSG/SEVIRI This animation shows an early example of enhanced aerosol product developed by ICARE/LSCE (currently under development). Smoke […]