The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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ESA's Climate Change from Space Kit is an interactive PDF that takes the reader through many of the ‘variables’ that upset Earth’s delicate balance and describes how ESA measures them from space.
Observations from ESA’s 40-year satellite archive as well as data from current ESA missions, the Copernicus Sentinels and ESA third-party missions all contribute to these datasets, known as Essential Climate Variables. This body of evidence offers an accurate and impartial yardstick to study climate drivers, feedbacks, Earth system cycles, and provides the scientific basis for robust climate modelling.
Download the Climate Change from Space Kit.