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ERS-2 in Action!
An extraordinary effort of the European industry and ESA has enabled the ERS-2 mission to continue, based on gyroless operations. Satellite products are in fact routinely and timely available and of good quality for the majority of ERS-2 SAR applications.
The North Sea: Oil Slick between the Netherlands and the UK
Orbit 33229, 28 August 2001 11:40 GMT
ERS-2 SAR Precision Image generated from ERS-2 data acquired by the Tromsø Satellite Station in Norway on 28th August, 2001 over the North Sea.
It shows a long oil slick occurred between the UK and The Netherlands. A thinner oil slick, to the right, can also be detected together with the ship that has probably caused it.
Click on the thumbnail image to see a higher resolution version.
Keywords: ESA European Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne, observation de la terre, earth observation, satellite remote sensing, teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar, chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar, atmospheric chemistry