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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.
Instrument - Interferometric Radiometers
SMOS product availability
LO + NIR LO + Long LO + NIR + Long LO + FTT LO + Electrical Stability LO + NIR + Long + FTT LO + Short LO + Long + Short Current
Instrument - Imaging Radars
SAR (JERS-1) Processor Releases
Processor Releases The current JERS-1 SAR Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) version is v2.05p3, which was released on the 21 September 2015.
Instrument - Accelerometers
ACC (Swarm)
platform that facilitates the identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current
Instrument - MAGNETOMETERS
ASM
platform that facilitates the identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current
Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments
EFI
platform that facilitates the identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current
Instrument - GPS
GPSR and LRR (Swarm)
platform that facilitates the identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current
Instrument - Radar Altimeters
STR (Swarm)
platform that facilitates the identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current
Instrument - MAGNETOMETERS
VFM
platform that facilitates the identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current
Instrument - Radar Altimeters
Geographical Mode Mask
The current operational Geographical Mode Mask v5.0 The current version of the geographical mode mask v5.0 has been in operation since 01 May 2023.
Instrument - Scatterometers
SAR (ERS) Processor Releases
Processor Releases It should be noted that for SAR, each product ordered is processed directly from the raw data, using the current version of the SAR
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR
A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF are affected by a known quality issue; IPF failures due to PRF
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR Processor Releases
The current ALOS-1 PALSAR IPF integrated within the ESA On-The-Fly system is v4.16p9, installed on 24 January 2017.
Instrument - Imaging Radars
ASAR Processor Releases
5.03 26 May 2009 5.03L02 25 August 2009 5.03L03 9 October 2009 5.04 17 September 2010 6.00 16 December 2011 6.02 30 April 2012 6.03 3 July 2015 (current
Instrument - Lidar/Laser Sounders
ALADIN
Aeolus Quality Control Reports on L1B/Instrument, L2A and L2B products are currently available to Aeolus Cal/Val teams and will become publicly available
Instrument - MAGNETOMETERS
VFM Overview
The instrument operates as a closed-loop system adjusting the compensating CSC currents to maintain a null field at the detector coils within the sphere
Instrument - Interferometers
MIPAS Quality Control Reports
Maps are currently available only for a limited part of the mission.
Instrument - Radar Altimeters
RA (ERS)
operational modes (ocean or ice) the RA provided information on significant wave height; surface wind speed; sea surface elevation, which relates to ocean currents
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Products Availability L0
The current list of gaps in the AATSR Level 0 dataset is available here.
Instrument - Spectrometers
SCIAMACHY Auxiliary Data
In these cases, default values for the calibration parameters (Leakage current, Pixel-to-Pixel Gain and Etalon, Spectral calibration, and Solar reference
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
TIRS Product Anomalies
information on new or temporary artifacts, how they are addressed and corrected, and provides up-to-date information and details regarding known issues and current