A-SCOPE Program
A-SCOPE (Advanced Space Carbon and Climate Observation of Planet Earth) was an ESA Earth Explorer 7 candidate concept for measuring total-column atmospheric carbon dioxide with a nadir-looking pulsed Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL). Its frequent, spatially resolved CO2 observations would support global carbon-budget analysis, regional source and sink studies, greenhouse-gas inventory validation, and related aerosol, cloud, surface-reflectivity, and plant-stress research. ESA assessment material documents the concept as a research mission rather than an implemented programme.
Identity
- Aliases
- A-SCOPEAdvanced Space Carbon and Climate Observation of Planet EarthEarth Explorer 7 A-SCOPEA-SCOPE mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- A-SCOPE Program
- Status
- planned
- Types
- researchscience
Details
- Description
- A-SCOPE (Advanced Space Carbon and Climate Observation of Planet Earth) was an ESA Earth Explorer 7 candidate concept for measuring total-column atmospheric carbon dioxide with a nadir-looking pulsed Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL). Its frequent, spatially resolved CO2 observations would support global carbon-budget analysis, regional source and sink studies, greenhouse-gas inventory validation, and related aerosol, cloud, surface-reflectivity, and plant-stress research. ESA assessment material documents the concept as a research mission rather than an implemented programme.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2005
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 17:11:36 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 17:11:36 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/ESA_to_consult_the_science_community_on_Earth_Explorer_selectionhttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/ESA_tests_laser_to_measure_atmospheric_carbon_dioxidehttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Preparing_for_tomorrow/Scientific_and_technical_mission_documents