WATS Program
WATS (WAter vapour and temperature in the Troposphere and Stratosphere) was an ESA Earth Explorer candidate concept for globally measuring humidity through the troposphere and temperature through the troposphere and stratosphere. Its radio-occultation constellation would establish highly accurate, vertically resolved climatologies, support climate-variability and climate-change research, validate and improve atmospheric models, and demonstrate an active atmospheric-sounding method. ESA documents WATS as a research concept rather than an implemented programme.
Identity
- Aliases
- WATSWater vapour and temperature in the Troposphere and StratosphereEarth Explorer WATSWATS mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- WATS Program
- Status
- planned
- Types
- researchscience
Details
- Description
- WATS (WAter vapour and temperature in the Troposphere and Stratosphere) was an ESA Earth Explorer candidate concept for globally measuring humidity through the troposphere and temperature through the troposphere and stratosphere. Its radio-occultation constellation would establish highly accurate, vertically resolved climatologies, support climate-variability and climate-change research, validate and improve atmospheric models, and demonstrate an active atmospheric-sounding method. ESA documents WATS as a research concept rather than an implemented programme.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2000
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 17:22:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 17:22:57 UTC