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IASI INSTRUMENTS OBSERVE EFFECTS OF HEALTH CRISIS...
The IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) mission led by CNES in partnership with Eumetsat relies on three weather satellites in low Earth orbit: MetOp-A, launched...
SciencesMay 6, 2020 -
IASI pinpoints 248 ammonia emission hotspots
By analysing measurements from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI), a French-Belgian team has compiled the first global map of ammonia emissions with a...
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 20, 2018 -
Metop-C’s IASI instrument delivers first spectrum
ObservationDecember 13, 2018 -
Pollution: New ammonia emission sources detected...
Researchers from the CNRS1 and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have prepared the first global map of the distribution of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) by analyzing...
ObservationDecember 6, 2018 -
Soyuz successfully orbits Metop-C satellite with...
During the night of 6-7 November, Soyuz accomplished a flawless launch from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, placing the European Metop-C (...
Ariane, ObservationNovember 7, 2018 -
[Replay] Soyuz launch VS19, Metop-C (IASI)
Soyuz rocket orbited the Metop-C satellite and french meteorological instrument IASI, from the Guiana Space Center in the night of 6 to 7 November 2018. Watch again the launch.
News Observation General public, InstitutionalNovember 7, 2018 -
Next Soyuz mission from CSG to launch MetOp-C...
On the night of 6-7 November, Soyuz will lift off for the 19th time from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) carrying MetOp-C (Meteorological Operational Polar...
ArianeOctober 31, 2018 -
CNES and Meteo-France sign first ever framework...
Thursday 11 May in Toulouse, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Meteo-France Chairman & CEO Jean-Marc Lacave signed a framework agreement covering all areas of cooperation...
Observation, Institutional affairsMay 11, 2017 -
IASI Conference 2016, the presentations are...
You can now access the presentation and posters presented during the IASI conference that took place in April 2016 in Juan Les Pins.
News ObservationJanuary 16, 2017 -
4th Iasi International Conference
4th Iasi International Conference in Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France April 11 to 15, 2016
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyMay 12, 2016 -
2008 : IASI identified some thirty major ammonia...
2008 IASI identified some thirty major ammonia sources Update: 06/27/2011
News Observation Science and technologyJune 27, 2011 -
Mission accomplished for the 19 Concordiasi...
In September and October 2010, 19 stratospheric balloons designed by CNES were released in the Antarctic Polar Vortex. The data gathered during the Concordiasi campaign are...
News Observation InstitutionalNovember 23, 2010 -
IASI tracks tropospheric ozone
Developed by CNES, the IASI atmospheric sounding instrument flying on the MetOp-A satellite since 2006 has made the connection between the seasons and ozone in Earth’s atmosphere.
News Observation InstitutionalJuly 5, 2010 -
IASI acquires 1st atmospheric ammonia measurements
Using CNESand Eumetsat’s* IASI infrared sensor, a French-Belgium team of researchers has obtained the 1st global maps of atmospheric ammonia.
News Observation InstitutionalJuly 2, 2009 -
First global ammonia maps measured by the IASI...
The first complete map of the ammonia sources on Earth was just built by a LATMOS-IPSL's team (CNRS/UPMC/UVSQ) in partnership with Belgium investigators of the Free...
News Observation Science and technologyJune 25, 2009 -
IASI measuring ozone pollution
CNES’s IASI instrument on the MetOp-A satellite has enabled French scientists to retrace an ozone pollution episode from space. This kind of capability will help to improve air...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 30, 2008 -
First light from IASI
After 3 weeks in decontamination, the IASI instrument was activated yesterday and is now in pre-operational mode. The first image and first atmospheric spectra obtained suggest...
News Observation InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
IASI ready for the lift-off
The big day is fast approaching for IASI! After 3 abortive attempts in July, the launch of the MetOp satellite carrying the IASI instrument is now all set for 7 October. The Soyuz...
News Observation InstitutionalSeptember 26, 2006