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    Documents and publications

    GMES general
    The European Earth monitoring (GMES) programme: Status and perspectives
    J. Aschbacher, M.Milagro-Pérez
    Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012

    GMES Space Component getting ready for operations
    J. Aschbacher, M. Milagro-Pérez, A. Ciccolella, T. Beer, A. Tassa, W. Rathgeber, G. Filippazzo
    ESA Bulletin 149, February 2012

    Observing Earth for a safer planet - GMES Space Component: status and challenges
    J. Aschbacher, T. Beer, A. Ciccolella, M. Pilar Milagro & E. Paliouras
    ESA Bulletin 142, May 2010

    The Sentinel missions

    Sentinel-1: ESA's radar observatory mission for GMES operational services
    ESA Special Publication (SP-1322/1), 18 April 2012

    GMES Sentinel-1 mission
    R. Torres, P. Snoeij, D. Geudtner, D. Bibby, M. Davidson, E. Attema, P. Potin, B. Rommen, N. Floury, M. Brown, I. Navas Traver, P. Deghaye, B. Duesmann, B. Rosich, N. Miranda, C. Bruno, M. L'Abbate, R. Croci, A. Pietropaolo, M. Huchler, F. Rostan
    Remote sensing of Environment, 2012

    Sentinel-2: ESA's optical high-resolution mission for GMES operational services
    ESA Special Publication (SP-1322/2), 18 April 2012

    GMES Sentinel-2 mission
    M. Drusch, U. Del Bello, S. Carlier, O. Colin, V. Fernandez, F. Gascon, B. Hoersch, C. Isola, P. Laberinti, P. Martimort, A. Meygret, F. Spoto, O. Sy, F. Marchese, P. Bargellini
    Remote sensing of Environment, 2012 

    Sentinel-3: ESA's global land and ocean mission for GMES operational services
    ESA Special Publication (SP-1322/3), 14 November 2012 

    GMES Sentinel-3 mission
    C. Donlon, B. Berruti, A. Buongiorno, M.-H. Ferreira, P. Féménias, J. Frericka, P. Goryl, U. Kleina, H. Laur, C. Mavrocordatos, J. Nieke, H. Rebhan, B. Seitz, J. Stroede, R. Sciarra
    Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012

    Requirements for the GMES Atmosphere Service and ESA's implementation concept: Sentinels-4/-5 and -5p
    P. Ingmann, B. Veihelmann, J. Langen, D. Lamarre, H. Stark, G. Bazalgette Courrèges-Lacoste
    Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012

    TROPOMI on the ESA Sentinel-5 Precursor: A GMES mission for global observations of the atmospheric composition for climate, air quality and ozone layer applications
    J.P. Veefkind, I. Aben, K. McMullan, H. Förster, J. de Vries, G. Otter, J. Claas, H.J. Eskes, J.F. de Haan, Q. Kleipool, M. van Weele, O. Hasekamp, R. Hoogeveen, J. Landgraf, R. Snel, P. Tol, P. Ingmann, R. Voors, B. Kruizinga, R. Vink, et al.
    Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012

    The Sentinel missions - Services and science

    ESA's sentinel missions in support of Earth system science
    M. Berger, J. Moreno, J. A. Johannessen, P. F. Levelt, R. F. Hanssen
    Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012

    Sentinels for science: Potential of Sentinel-1, -2, and -3 missions for scientific observations of ocean, cryosphere, and land
    Z. Malenovskýa, H. Rott, J. Cihlar, M. E. Schaepman, G. García-Santos, R. Fernandes, M. Berger
    Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012

    GMES programmatic documents

    EU regulation on the European Earth monitoring programme (GMES) and its initial operations (2011 to 2013)
    EU Parliament and Council, 22 September 2010

    GMES: we care for a safer planet
    Communication from the European Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, COM(2008) 748 final, 12 November 2008

    The Way to the European Earth Observation System GMES
    The Munich Roadmap, Symposium, April 2007

    GMES: From concept to reality
    Communication from the European Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, COM(2005) 565 final, 10 November 2005

    GMES - A Consultation Meeting
    2-3 May 2001, Baveno, Italy, 29 January 2001

    Other documents

    Earth Observation’s Potential for the EU Environment
    European Commission DG Environment
     Science for Environment Policy - Future Briefs, February 2013

    About GMES and data: geese and golden eggs
    Geoff Sawyer, Marc De Vries
    ESA/EARSC Report, 6 December 2012

    Securing Galileo's and GMES's place in European policy
    C. Giannopapa
    Remote Sensing of Environment, November 2012 

    The Growing Use of GMES across Europe’s Regions
    NEREUS publication, October 2012 

    The socio-economic benefits of GMES
    European Space Policy Institute
     ESPI Report, 25 November 2011

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