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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 version of the SAR
Instrument - Spectrometers
GOME Cal/Val
Half of that time was spent in the night side of Earth, when GOME carried out sequences of calibration measurements, i.e. dark current and LED measurements
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR Quality Control Reports
Read more Quality Disclaimer A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF are affected by a known quality issue
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 The GOME Level 1 Data Processor
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, and finally the antenna temperatures
Instrument - Radar Altimeters
RA (ERS) Overview
designed to meet very 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
quality versus the ERS OPR and WAP data showed a clear improvement in terms of accuracy over the tandem periods between ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat missions (currently
Instrument - Scatterometers
WS Cal/Val
ERS-2 Scatterometer: Mission Performances and Current Reprocessing Achievements Calibration strategy for ERS scatterometer data reprocessing ERS-1 Scatterometer
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
SAR (ERS) Interferometry
In addition, components of the interferometric signal such as anomalous signal path lengths introduced by atmospheric effects are currently treated as
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Thematic Mapper (TM) Processor Releases
root mean square (RMS) error of GCP displacement B TM radiometric calibration Update to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Multi Spectral Scanner (MSS) Processor Releases
root mean square (RMS) error of 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 internal waves.
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
ATSR Overview
ATSR Applications Kuro Shio current captured by ERS The ATSR onboard the ERS missions had several applications spanning the disciplines of, natural disasters