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Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
In November 2025, the DLR Microwaves and Radar Institute acquired dedicated images of the tropical rainforests in Gabon. Researchers are using the data from the GABONX flight campaign to compare them with synchronously acquired data from ESA’s new Biomass Earth observation satellite, so that its radar system can be correctly calibrated and deliver highly accurate data in the future. Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
Simultaneous flights between DLR's research aircraft and the European Space Agency's Biomass satellite were carried out over the rainforests of Gabon to help measure global forest...
Dec. 5, 2025