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Long-Term ozone measurements from Space assured
March 05, 2000The EUMETSAT Polar System, and the ESA METOP-1 Programme together form a co-operative venture between the two
organisations, and lead to the launch of the first METOP satellite in mid-2003. The system provides operational meteorological
data from polar orbiting satellites, to complement and complete an international system of polar satellites operated together with the
US.
The contract on the procurement of three flight models of the GOME-2 instrument was signed today by Dr. Claudio Mastracci,
ESA Director of Applications Programmes, Dr. Tillmann Mohr, EUMETSAT Director, and Dr. Giancarlo Grasso, Deputy Head,
Defence Sector of Finmeccanica for Alenia Difesa/Officine Galileo BU Spazio.
The variations of atmospheric ozone are of vital importance for many reasons, and its distribution in the atmosphere needs to be
mapped continuously. The enhanced GOME-2 instrument on METOP will continue the series of ESA measurements started by
GOME-1 on ERS-2 and to be provided by the SCIAMACHY instrument on ESA's environmental satellite Envisat due to be
launched in 2001.
In addition to innovative data for Numerical Weather Prediction, one of the most important contributions of GOME-2 will be the
continuation and improvement of the climate record of ozone. Monthly and seasonal maps of ozone distribution throughout the
atmosphere will provide a record of its variation with time and will help detect long-term trends of major importance for the health
of the planet and its population.
European Space Agency (ESA)
mapped continuously. The enhanced GOME-2 instrument on METOP will continue the series of ESA measurements started by
GOME-1 on ERS-2 and to be provided by the SCIAMACHY instrument on ESA's environmental satellite Envisat due to be
launched in 2001.
In addition to innovative data for Numerical Weather Prediction, one of the most important contributions of GOME-2 will be the
continuation and improvement of the climate record of ozone. Monthly and seasonal maps of ozone distribution throughout the
atmosphere will provide a record of its variation with time and will help detect long-term trends of major importance for the health
of the planet and its population.
European Space Agency (ESA)
Ozone Current Events and Ozone News RSSSmokers see decline in ability to smell, rise in laryngitis, and upper airway issues
As Americans prepare for a day without cigarettes and tobacco products as part of the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout (R) (November 20), new research gives them more reasons to extend that break to a lifetime.
Potent greenhouse gas more prevalent in atmosphere than previously assumed
A powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated, according to a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
Wildfires Cause Ozone Pollution to Violate Health Standards, New Study Shows
Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, a new study concludes.
2008 ozone hole larger than last year
The 2008 ozone hole - a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica - is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as 2006.
International Field Campaign examines impact of beetle kill on Rocky Mountain weather, air quality
Mountain pine beetles appear to be doing more than killing large swaths of forests in the Rocky Mountains. Scientists suspect they are also altering local weather patterns and air quality.
Pine Bark Beetles Affecting More than Forests
Pine bark beetles appear to be doing more than killing large swaths of forests in the Rocky Mountains. Scientists suspect they are also altering local weather patterns and air quality.
IMPACTS: On the Threshold of Abrupt Climate Changes
Abrupt climate change is a potential menace that hasn't received much attention. That's about to change. Through its Climate Change Prediction Program, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) recently launched IMPACTS - Investigation of the Magnitudes and Probabilities of Abrupt Climate Transitions - a program led by William Collins of Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division (ESD) that brings together six national laboratories to attack the problem of abrupt climate change, or ACC.
Pollution, everyday allergens, may be sources of laryngitis
Everyday exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, allergens, and air pollution may be the root of chronic cases of laryngitis, says new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Chicago, IL.
Breaking harmful bonds
Everybody loves the way breakfast eggs conveniently slide off of Teflon without leaving any pesky pieces of egg in the pan. Indeed, the carbon-fluorine bond at the heart of Teflon cookware is so helpful we also use it in clothing, lubricants, refrigerants, anesthetics, semiconductors, and even blood substitutes.
Even seaweeds get sunburned
It is red, it burns and itches: a sunburn on our skin. However, too much sun is not only bad for humans. Many plants react sensitively to an increased dose of ultraviolet radiation, too. Yet they are dependent on sunlight.
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