Better weather forecasts and more knowledge about the composition of the atmosphere: that is what we can expect from two new European meteorological satellites. Earlier this summer, MTG-S1 was already launched. Today, MetOp-SG A1 is send into space. The Netherlands is closely involved in both satellite missions. Tonight at 2:37 a.m. Dutch time, Europe launches an … Continued
The Netherlands invested in the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) programme for ten years. In this series, key players look back and look to the future. Jelmer van de Mortel leads project Acorn at Rabobank: ‘Together with partners worldwide, we promote sustainable agriculture and contribute to reducing climate change.’ Many people will not immediately associate a bank with development cooperation. How … Continued
Europe’s new satellite EarthCARE was successfully launched into space today. The scientific mission investigates the influence of clouds and aerosols on climate change. Dutch companies supplied hardware, KNMI researchers are eagerly awaiting the first data. Clouds and aerosols makean important contribution to the warming of our planet, scientists think. But hard evidence is lacking. “It is one of the … Continued
Yesterday, the European Space Agency ESA gave the green light for the realization of the Dutch Tango mission. Tango is a satellite system that can identify and locate greenhouse gas emissions with unprecedented accuracy. Tango builds on the globally recognized Dutch expertise in climate monitoring from space and is expected to launch from early 2027. Climate camera in collaboration with ESA Jasper … Continued
The Dutch satellite instrument OMI was built for a mission of at least six years. By now it has been going for eighteen years. Tomorrow OMI will make its 100,000th orbit around Earth. And still the instrument collects valuable information about air quality and the ozone layer. The Ozone Monitoring Instrument was built at the … Continued
With the Partnerships for Space Instruments & Applications Preparatory Programme, the Netherlands is supporting technological breakthroughs and scientific cooperation in space research. The Expertise Network ‘Air Quality’ investigates how satellites may help to discover air quality over a street, harbor, or highway. Ask Vrije Universiteit professor Sander Houweling what the holy grail in his field … Continued
Gerrit HiemstraDirector/owner Weather Impact and weather presenter at the NOS His weather forecasts appear on the television screens of millions of households at the end of every NOS news broadcast. Meanwhile, Gerrit Hiemstra is also working on sending weather forecasts to poor farmers in developing countries via text message. “They may not know what satellites … Continued
From 12 to 16 July, the Netherlands and Belgium are organising the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS is the foremost annual international symposium for the combination of remote sensing (earth observation) and geosciences. Ilse Aben, senior scientist at SRON and endowed professor of physics and chemistry of the Earth’s atmosphere at the Vrije … Continued
Yesterday, space research institute SRON briefly opened its digital doors for the media and the parties that have been collaborating over the past years on the new Dutch satellite instrument SPEXone. On behalf of the Dutch government, outgoing minister Ingrid van Engelshoven of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science was there to conduct a … Continued
In March, Pieternel Levelt, who currently works as professor of Remote Sensing at Delft University of Technology and head of R&D Satellite Observations at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), will embark on her very own American dream. She will move to Boulder, Colorado, to become the new director of one of the laboratories of … Continued
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