Sweden hosts space science symposium
16 October 2000 - 16 October 2000
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Chalmers University in Sweden are hosting the ERS/Envisat symposium 'looking down to Earth in the new millennium' in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 16 to 20 October 2000.
Some 1000 people from all over the world are expected to attend the event, including representatives from the scientific community, operational and commercial users, and service providers. 'The symposium offers an opportunity to appraise the state of the art in ERS applications and explore the potential of Envisat, which is due to launch in June 2001,' says ESA.
The ERS missions contribute to environmental monitoring and European scientists' understanding of the physical and chemical processes underlying Earth systems, on the global and local scale. ESA explains: 'By integrating ERS data with local information from other sources, national authorities and operators gain a powerful tool for environmental monitoring and valuable information for planning and preventative action.'
ESA is now working on the transition from ERS to Envisat, which, once completed, should send a stream of new data back to Earth, which will be useful for scientists studying the oceans and the atmosphere, particularly in the realms of marine biology and atmospheric gases and aerosols.
At the symposium, ESA will present its in-orbit commissioning plan for calibration of the satellite instruments and validation of the derived data products. Over 100 scientific groups are supporting ESA in the preparation and the commissioning phase.
For further information, please visit:
URL: http://www.esa.int/sympo2000(opens in new window)
or,
URL: http://www.esa.int(opens in new window)
Some 1000 people from all over the world are expected to attend the event, including representatives from the scientific community, operational and commercial users, and service providers. 'The symposium offers an opportunity to appraise the state of the art in ERS applications and explore the potential of Envisat, which is due to launch in June 2001,' says ESA.
The ERS missions contribute to environmental monitoring and European scientists' understanding of the physical and chemical processes underlying Earth systems, on the global and local scale. ESA explains: 'By integrating ERS data with local information from other sources, national authorities and operators gain a powerful tool for environmental monitoring and valuable information for planning and preventative action.'
ESA is now working on the transition from ERS to Envisat, which, once completed, should send a stream of new data back to Earth, which will be useful for scientists studying the oceans and the atmosphere, particularly in the realms of marine biology and atmospheric gases and aerosols.
At the symposium, ESA will present its in-orbit commissioning plan for calibration of the satellite instruments and validation of the derived data products. Over 100 scientific groups are supporting ESA in the preparation and the commissioning phase.
For further information, please visit:
URL: http://www.esa.int/sympo2000(opens in new window)
or,
URL: http://www.esa.int(opens in new window)