ESApod

Satellites vital for environmental agreement


 
 
 
 
ESApod reports from the 2007 Envisat Symposium in Montreux, Switzerland, where more than 900 scientists from around the world have gathered to present their findings on the state of our world’s land, oceans, ice and atmosphere using data from ESA Earth observation (EO) satellites.


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On Tuesday 24 April, a special session was dedicated to the use of EO satellites in support of International Environmental Conventions in close collaboration with UN agencies, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP).
 
 
 
Last update: 1 June 2010


Related news

 •  Envisat Symposium 2007 kicks off in Switzerland (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMNU9MJC0F_index_0.html)
 •  Scientists meet to review Envisat results after 5 years of operations (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM94ILJC0F_index_0.html)
 •  Envisat still going strong after five successful years (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM129N0LYE_index_0.html)
 •  Scientists gear up for ESA’s 2007 Envisat Symposium (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMBZNBE8YE_index_0.html)
 •  Envisat Symposium 2007 highlights
EO satellite achievements
(http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMAL68LURE_index_0.html)

The story in pictures

 •  Opening day (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMK9P12Z0F_index_0.html)

Related missions

 •  Envisat overview (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMWYN2VQUD_index_0_m.html)
 •  ERS overview (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMGWH2VQUD_index_0_m.html)
 •  Third Party Missions overview (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMP5R2VQUD_index_0_m.html)

In depth

 •  - (http://www.congrex.nl/07A03)
 •  GMES (http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPgmes.html)
 •  Discover ESA’s environmental satellite at the Palais de la Découverte, Paris, 03 April – 26 August 2007 (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMC947DWZE_index_0.html)

Publications

 •  InSAR Training Manual (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESA_Publications/SEM867MJC0F_0.html)
 •  - (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESApod/index.html)
 •  iTunesPodcast (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=117835479 &s=143441)
 •  Yahoo! Podcasts (http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=4bd3e42bd1a996c47ff89731a8832060)
 •  RSS Podcast ESApod (http://feeds.feedburner.com/ESApod)
 •  Learnoutloud (http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Science/Astronomy/ESA-Podcast/16859)
 •  Podcastnet (http://www.podcast.net/show/45773)
 •  Podnova Podcast (http://www.podnova.com/index_podnova_station.srf?url=http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/esc/esapod.xml)
 •  ESApod (http://odeo.com/channel/105568/view)

Required software

 •   Windows Media Player (http://www.microsoft.com)
 •   QuickTime (http://www.apple.com)