ESA’s Member States have selected WIVERN to become the 11th Earth Explorer mission to be implemented through the agency’s FutureEO program after a thorough evaluation phase. WIVERN, short for wind velocity radar nephoscope, will provide the first measurements of wind within clouds together with information on the internal structure of clouds, filling a significant gap in the global satellite observing system as a result. It will also deliver profiles of cloud water droplets, rain, snow and ice water.
