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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
+ NIR + Long LO + FTT LO + Electrical Stability LO + NIR + Long + FTT LO + Short LO + Long + Short Current
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
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
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 - Radar Altimeters
RA (ERS)
the RA provided information on significant wave height; surface wind speed; sea surface elevation, which relates to ocean currents
Instrument - Scatterometers
SAR (ERS)
Processor Releases It should be noted that for SAR, each product ordered is processed directly from the raw data, using the current
Instrument - Interferometric Radiometers
Products Information
For an optimal exploitation of the current SMOS L2 data set V620 consult the read-me-first notes available for V620 soil
Instrument - Spectrometers
GOME Cal/Val
that time was spent in the night side of Earth, when GOME carried out sequences of calibration measurements, i.e. dark current
Instrument - Spectrometers
GOME Products Information
Details on the datasets currently distributed are in the ERS-2 GOME Products Availability Table GOME Level 1 version 5.1
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR Quality Control Reports
Find out more Quality Disclaimer A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF
Instrument - Scatterometers
WS Processor Releases
The current processor software version for the operational ground segment is ASPS v 10.04.
Instrument - Scatterometers
WS Quality Control Reports
The data includes instrument working modes, temperatures, currents and voltages of the transmitter and calibration chain,
Instrument - Radar Altimeters
RA (ERS) Overview
demanding constraints and had the following major objectives: Precise altitude (ocean surface elevation for the study of ocean currents
Instrument - Radar Altimeters
RA (ERS) Products Information
data showed a clear improvement in terms of accuracy over the tandem periods between ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat missions (currently
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR Products Information
The service currently provides access from ESA's archive to the following PALSAR L1 high-resolution data products.
Instrument - Scatterometers
WS Cal/Val
ERS-2 Scatterometer: Mission Performances and Current Reprocessing Achievements Calibration strategy for ERS scatterometer
Instrument - Scatterometers
SAR (ERS) Interferometry
addition, components of the interferometric signal such as anomalous signal path lengths introduced by atmospheric effects are currently
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Multi Spectral Scanner (MSS) Processor Releases
GCP displacement B TM radiometric calibration Update to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Thematic Mapper (TM) Processor Releases
GCP displacement B TM radiometric calibration Update to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current
Instrument - Scatterometers
SAR (ERS) Overview
Scientists are studying the radar backscatter from the ocean surface related to wind and current fronts, to eddies and to