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News - Thematic area articles
Global understanding of Earth's land surfaces greatly boosted by satellite data
ESA perform land surface monitoring with a range of instruments onboard satellites acquiring optical and radar data. Collections of data from these missions are freely available for research purposes.
Campaign
SPARC
ESA's SPectra bARrax Campaign (SPARC) activity was part of the preparatory study for a proposed ESA Earth Explorer mission called SPECTRA. The objective was to collect a CHRIS/PROBA reference dataset for SPECTRA-related studies.
Document - Proceedings
1st MSG RAO Workshop
Proceedings of the workshop organised by ESA and EUMETSAT held in CNR of Bologna, Italy in May 2000.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-The-Satellite-Development.pdf
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the MSG programme, the mission objectives, the design and development of the MSG spacecraft.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation.pdf
This flyer summarises in short the aims, applications and technology of the MSG mission.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-Africa.pdf
This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR and Proba HRC mosaics of Africa.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-Asia-and-Oceania.pdf
This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR, Envisat AATSR and Proba CHRIS mosaics of Asia and Oceania.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-China.pdf
This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR and PROBA mosaics of China. The attached CD-rom contains the same images in electronic version.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-Deltas-and-Lakes.pdf
This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR, ERS, Proba and Landsat mosaics.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-Deserts.pdf
This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR, Proba and Landsat mosaics of desert areas on our planet.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-Middle-East.pdf
This brochure is a collection of ENVISAT ASAR and MERIS, PROBA, ERS-2, Landsat mosaics.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-North-America.pdf
This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR, Envisat AATSR, ERS, Proba and SPOT mosaics of North America.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-Russia-and-Ukraine.pdf
This brochure is a collection of KOMPSAT EOC; ERS-2 SAR; Envisat ASAR, MERIS and Proba CHRIS, HRC mosaics.
Document - General Reference
Earth-from-Space-South-America.pdf
This brochure is a collection of Envisat MERIS, Envisat ASAR and PROBA CHRIS mosaics of South America. The attached CD-rom contains the same images in electronic version.
Document - User Guide
Third Party Missions, Cat-1 Data Availability
This brochure gives a quick overview on the availability of the Third Party Missions IRS-P3, JERS-1, NIMBUS, Proba, Landsat, KOMPSAT-1, SCISAT-1, Terra/Aqua, NOAA, QSCAT, OrbView, SPOT-1,-2,-3,-4, ALOS.
Document - General Reference
BIOMASS-Report-for-Mission-Selection-An-Earth-Explorer-to-observe-forest-biomass.pdf
The objective of the BIOMASS Mission is to determine the global distribution of forest biomass by reducing the uncertainty in the calculation of carbon stock and fluxes associated with the terrestrial biosphere.
Document - Proceedings
3rd-MSG-RAO-Workshop.pdf
Proceedings of the 3rd MSG RAO Workshop held on 5 June 2006 in Helsinki, Finland
Document - Proceedings
2nd-MSG-RAO-Workshop.pdf
Proceedings of the 2nd MSG RAO Workshop, held on 9-10 September 2004 in Salzburg, Austria
Document - Proceedings
Advances-in-Atmospheric-Science-and-Applications.pdf
Proceedings in Advances in Atmospheric Science and Applications held in 18-22 June 2012 in Bruges, Belgium.
Document - General Reference
ESA-Achievements-More-than-thirty-years-of-pioneering-space-activity.pdf
This volume gives a general overview of ESA's activities and programmes by analyzing the single missions where it is involved.