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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 - 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 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF are affected by a known quality issue; IPF failures due to PRF changes
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR Processor Releases
Processor Releases The current ALOS 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 - 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 - 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
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Vegetation (VGT) Quality Control Reports
are generated every three months and provide information about: Absolute and inter-band radiometric accuracy Multi-temporal radiometric accuracy Dark current
Instrument - Accelerometers
EGG
This opened a window into Earth's interior structure, as well as the currents circulating within the depths of its oceans.
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 moisture data and V622 sea surface
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Operational Land Imager (OLI) Overview
Off-nadir imaging is currently only done at night for TIRS-calibration purposes when it does not impact Nadir day-time imaging; it must be approved by
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR Quality Control Reports
Read more ALOS PALSAR Quality Disclaimer A small percentage of ALOS PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF are affected by a known
Instrument - Imaging Radars
ASAR Products Information
Higher level products (Level 2) can then be derived from L1 products; however, this is currently only done with Wave mode.
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 - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Vegetation (VGT) Processor Releases
The current processor software version, used for a full reprocessing of the PROBA-V archive and also for the operational ground segment includes significant
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Vegetation (VGT) Cal/Val
acquisition in uncompressed mode Greenland (only during June/July): during one week daily acquisitions in uncompressed mode Weekly Calibration acquisition Dark current
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
MERIS Applications
including SARs and radar altimeters, have a remarkable sensitivity to the roughness and height of the ocean surface, enabling the detection of ocean currents
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