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INSTRUMENTS
Explore the many instruments the European Space Agency use to observe the Earth. ESA offer data from a wide range of optical, radar, atmospheric, altimetric and gravimetric instrumentation.
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Instrument - Imaging Radars, Scatterometers
Instrument - Imaging Radars, Scatterometers
SAR (ERS)
The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument aboard ERS-1 and ERS-2 was capable of high precision change detection of surface heights.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Thematic Mapper (TM)
The Thematic Mapper (TM) was a multispectral scanning radiometer on Landsat 4 and Landsat 5.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Multi Spectral Scanner (MSS)
The Multi Spectral Scanner (MSS) instrument was carried aboard the Landsat 1 to 5 satellites.
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Instrument - Spectrometers
Instrument - Spectrometers
Vegetation (VGT)
The main PROBA-V payload is the Vegetation sensor (VGT): a multispectral pushbroom spectrometer.
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Instrument - Positioning/Navigation
Instrument - Positioning/Navigation
DORIS
DORIS was used to determine the precise location of Envisat in orbit.
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Instrument - Positioning/Navigation
Instrument - Positioning/Navigation
SSTI
SSTI was a state-of-the-art GPS receiver on GOCE that was designed to operate in a low-Earth orbit.
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Instrument - Altimeters
Instrument - Altimeters
RA-2
The RA-2 instrument aboard Envisat acquired radar altimetry data over ocean, land and ice surfaces.
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Instrument - Photon/Optical Detectors
Instrument - Photon/Optical Detectors
Operational Land Imager (OLI)
The OLI, on board Landsat 8, measures in the visible, near infrared, and short wave infrared.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)
The Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) is the main instrument on board Landsat-7.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
MWR (Envisat)
The MWR aboard Envisat measured integrated atmospheric water vapour column and cloud liquid water.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
MERIS
The MERIS instrument aboard Envisat was primarily dedicated to providing ocean colour measurements.
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Instrument - Magnetic/Motion Sensors
Instrument - Magnetic/Motion Sensors
EGG
The main objective of GOCE's EGG was to measure the three components of the Gravity-Gradient Tensor.
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Instrument - Imaging Radars
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR
The ALOS PALSAR was a successor sensor to the synthetic aperture radar on-board JERS-1.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
ATSR-2
Used for measuring sea-surface temperatures, cloud-top temperatures and vegetation monitoring.
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Instrument - Imaging Radars
Instrument - Imaging Radars
ASAR
ASAR ensures continuity with the image mode (SAR) and the wave mode of the ERS-1/2 AMI.
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Instrument - Imaging Radars
Instrument - Imaging Radars
SAR (ERS-1)
The ERS-1 satellite, launched on 17 July 1991, carried a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
MIRAS
The MIRAS instrument is a passive microwave 2-D interferometric radiometer onboard the SMOS satellite.