GIVE
German Initiative for the Validation of EarthCARE
The Earth Explorer Mission EarthCARE of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched on 28 May 2024. This satellite represents a milestone of spaceborne Earth observation. EarthCARE’s payload consists of two active instruments – the ATmospheric LIDar (ATLID) and the Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) – and two passive instruments – the MultiSpectral Imager (MSI) and the Broad-Band Radiometer (BBR). This special design allows to obtain sophisticated measurements of atmospheric clouds, aerosols and radiation and to retrieve synergistic products by combining two or more instruments. Intense calibration and validation activities will ensure a high quality of the EarthCARE products.
The German Initiative for the Validation of EarthCARE (GIVE) contributes to the objective of the German Earth Observation Programme. Data products of the novel EarthCARE mission are extensively validated, processed and optimized for their use in atmospheric, climate and environmental research as well as numerical weather and air quality predictions.
The ICE-3 activities have the objective to validate EarthCARE aerosol products by comparing EarthCARE data with EURAD-IM air quality analyses. Via the assimilation of independent observational data, these are interpolated in space and time such that the analysis is directly comparable with the EarthCARE data along its observation swath. The focus is placed on the validation of aerosol profiles, classification and column integrated data (from ATLID and MSI).
The joint GIVE project is funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
Contact
Dr. Anne Caroline Lange
Senior Scientist Head of group "Air Quality and Emission Optimization"
- Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE)
- Troposphere (ICE-3)
Room 2031