International cooperation boosts 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 infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface. This will help improve climate predictions and weather forecasts.   Participants of the EarthCARE Workshop, which was held 7-9 May 2007 at ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands.   Release date: 7 November 2011