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    ESA's cloud and aerosol mission
    ESA's cloud and aerosol mission

    EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface. These observations are much-need to improve climate predictions and weather forecasts.

    EarthCARE – the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission to date – is being developed as a joint venture between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.

    Credits: ESA–P. Carril, 2013
    Artist's view of EarthCARE
    Artist's view of EarthCARE

    Artist's view of EarthCARE.

    Scheduled for launch in 2015, EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface.

    These observations are much-need to improve climate predictions and weather forecasts.

    EarthCARE – the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission to date – is being developed as a joint venture between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.

    Credits: ESA–P. Carril, 2013
    EarthCARE: understanding clouds in Earth's radiation budget
    EarthCARE: understanding clouds in Earth's radiation budget

    EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface. These observations are much-need to improve climate predictions and weather forecasts.

    EarthCARE – the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission to date – is being developed as a joint venture between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.

    Credits: ESA–P. Carril, 2013
    Artist's view of EarthCARE
    Artist's view of EarthCARE

    Artist's view of EarthCARE.

    Scheduled for launch in 2015, EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface.

    These observations are much-need to improve climate predictions and weather forecasts.

    EarthCARE – the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission to date – is being developed as a joint venture between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.

    Credits: ESA–P. Carril, 2013
    Artist's view of EarthCARE
    Artist's view of EarthCARE

    Artist's view of EarthCARE.

    Scheduled for launch in 2015, EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface.

    These observations are much-need to improve climate predictions and weather forecasts.

    EarthCARE – the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission to date – is being developed as a joint venture between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.

    Credits: ESA–P. Carril, 2013
    EarthCARE
    EarthCARE

    EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface. These observations are much-need to improve climate predictions and weather forecasts.

    EarthCARE – the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission to date – is being developed as a joint venture between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.

    Credits: ESA–P. Carril, 2013

    EarthCARE

    Scheduled for launch in 2015, EarthCARE will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface.

    These observations are much-need to improve climate predictions and weather forecasts.

    EarthCARE – the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission to date – is being developed as a joint venture between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.

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