Abstract: International audience; Over the last 30 years, satellite data have been playing a key role for the monitoring of the Earth's atmosphere and climate, with an important French and European contribution. This article summarizes the successive stages of a space mission for Earth's observation, describes the geophysical variables that can be derived from the measurements, and presents the societal benefits associated with these observations.; Depuis une trentaine d'années, les données satellitaires jouent un rôle déterminant pour l'observation ...
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