OBJECTIVEs & THEMES

Science Objectives

Provide an open forum for the science community to present and discuss EarthCARE science topics and results; fostering international collaboration in the scientific exploitation of EarthCARE, and growing the EarthCARE user community.
Explore and promote synergy of EarthCARE with past, present and future satellite missions, for both active and passive remote sensing instruments, and with sub-orbital observations to investigate atmospheric processes at different scales.
Explore EarthCARE’s contribution to the development and scientific exploitation of Earth System Models (ESM), mesoscale atmospheric models, atmospheric composition models (e.g., CAMS), Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) & cloud models.
Identify novel, scientific use cases and applications for EarthCARE within and beyond the cloud, precipitation, aerosol and radiation interaction domain; collecting recommendations on the EarthCARE scientific exploitation and future activities.
Investigate how EarthCARE can provide insights into climate process studies and trend assessments, and contribute to and improve data records of essential climate variables (ECVs).
Identify innovative information technologies (including AI) in the exploitation and evolution of EarthCARE's observations (also in synergy with other sensors).
Foster a new, diverse generation of remote sensing atmospheric scientists to explore EarthCARE and associated observations in the future.

Validation Objectives

Discuss quantitative inter-comparisons and statistical assessments of product quality.
Evaluate validation achievements thus far and identify gaps / areas for improvement in validation coverage.
Formulate recommendations for product improvements.
Inform the broader scientific community of the quality of the EarthCARE data.

Science Themes

Aerosol, Cloud, Convection and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics, including Aerosol-Cloud-Interactions
Stratospheric Aerosols and Clouds
Earth Radiation Budget, Aerosol-Cloud-Radiation Coupling, and Radiative Closure
Modelling, Assimilation and Parameterisation at Global, Regional and Cloud Level
Climate Studies and Long-Term Data Records
Novel Scientific Developments beyond EarthCARE-specific Objectives, including application of AI/ML

EarthCARE for Policy Support and Societal Applications, including Air Quality, Weather and Climate Applications and Services

Validation Themes