New European ozone-monitoring capabilities to be revealed
16 October 2000 - 16 October 2000
New European capabilities for monitoring the ozone hole are to be presented in Gothenburg, Sweden on 16 to 20 October.
The symposium will include about 600 papers by worldwide experts, covering scientific results and applications of ESA's ERS missions. It will also present the Envisat mission, to be launched in June 2001, which will contribute to global environmental monitoring.
The new findings have been achieved by scientific institutions working together with the European Space Agency (ESA) and using GOME measurements. The GOME instrument, an optical sensor on board the ERS-2 satellite began operating in April 1995, and opened a new chapter in ozone monitoring. GOME offers higher spectral resolution than the previous generation of ozone monitoring instruments, which enables GOME to measure several other trace gases beside ozone. This is a further step towards the use of space for monitoring compliance with international treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol.For more information, please consult the following web-site: http://www.esa.int/sympo2000(opens in new window)
or contact:
ESA - Communication Department
Media Relations Office
Tel: +33-1-53 69 71 55
Fax: +33-1-53 69 76 90
The symposium will include about 600 papers by worldwide experts, covering scientific results and applications of ESA's ERS missions. It will also present the Envisat mission, to be launched in June 2001, which will contribute to global environmental monitoring.
The new findings have been achieved by scientific institutions working together with the European Space Agency (ESA) and using GOME measurements. The GOME instrument, an optical sensor on board the ERS-2 satellite began operating in April 1995, and opened a new chapter in ozone monitoring. GOME offers higher spectral resolution than the previous generation of ozone monitoring instruments, which enables GOME to measure several other trace gases beside ozone. This is a further step towards the use of space for monitoring compliance with international treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol.For more information, please consult the following web-site: http://www.esa.int/sympo2000(opens in new window)
or contact:
ESA - Communication Department
Media Relations Office
Tel: +33-1-53 69 71 55
Fax: +33-1-53 69 76 90