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Activity - General activities
EO Summer Schools
ESA's series of summer schools, on Monitoring of the Earth System, aims to promote the exploitation of Earth observation (EO) data.
Event - Training
EO Summer School 8
ESA's series of summer schools, on Monitoring of the Earth System, aims to promote the exploitation of Earth observation data.
Event - Training
EO Summer School 5
ESA's series of summer schools, on Monitoring of the Earth System, aims to promote the exploitation of Earth observation data.
News - Events and Proceedings
Data preservation takes centre stage at Living Planet Symposium
Against the backdrop of the famed Rhine River, world-class scientists and Earth observation data-users are gathered this week in the historical city of Bonn, at the Living Planet Symposium (LPS).
News - Success Stories
How Envisat helped to shape global understanding of Earth’s systems
Twenty years have passed since a ground-breaking European spacecraft designed to deliver unprecedented insight into the planet’s changing environment was lofted into orbit.
Event - Workshop
Envisat Validation Workshop 2002
The workshop covered various aspects of validation of the Envisat instruments.
Tools - Apps
Heritage Missions app for iOS
Download the Heritage Missions application to discover what the missions were about, how it worked and what the elements of the space and ground segment that make these missions unique.
Tools - Apps
Heritage Missions app for Android
Download the Heritage Missions application to discover what the missions were about, how it worked and what the elements of the space and ground segment that make these missions unique.
News - Infographics
Envisat - ESA's versatile Earth observation satellite
Learn more about ESA's Envisat mission - the largest Earth observation satellite ever built - in a new infographic.
Data - Project Proposal (Restrained)
IRS-1C/1D Full archive
The following products are available: PAN: Panchromatic, resolution 5 m, Coverage 70 km x 70 km, radiometrically and ortho (DN) corrected, LISS-III: Multi-spectral, resolution 25 m, Coverage 140 km x 140 km, radiometrically and ortho (DN) corrected (ortho delivered without Band 5) WiFS: Multi-spectral, resolution 180 m, Coverage 800 km x 800 km, radiometrically and ortho (DN) corrected. Sensor Type Resolution (m) Coverage (km x km) System or radiometrically corrected Ortho corrected (DN) Global archive PAN Panchromatic 5 70 x 70 X X 1996 – 2007 (IRS-1C) 1998 – 2009 (IRS-1D) LISS-III Multi-spectral 25 140 x 140 X X (without band 5) WiFS Multi-spectral 180 800 km x 800 km X X Note: Whether system corrected or radiometrically corrected products are available depends on sensor and processing centre For PAN and LISS-III ortho corrected: If unavailable, user has to supply ground control information and DEM in suitable quality For WiFS ortho corrected: service based on in house available ground control information and DEM.
Data - EO Sign In Authentication (Open)
IRS-1C/1D European coverage
IRS-1C/1D dataset is composed of products generated by the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) Satellites 1C/1D PAN sensor. The products, acquired from 1996 to 2004 over Europe, are radiometrically and ortho corrected level 1 black and white images at 5 metre resolution and cover an area of up to 70 x 70 km. Sensor Type Resolution (m) Coverage (km x km) System or radiometrically corrected Ortho corrected (DN) Acquisition in Neustrelitz PAN Panchromatic 5 70 x 70 X X 1996 - 2004 IRS-1C/1D PAN data coverage of Europe acquired between 1996 to 1998. Copyright: 2015 GAF AG IRS-1C/1D PAN data coverage of Europe acquired between 1999 to 2001. Copyright: 2015 GAF AG IRS-1C/1D PAN data coverage of Europe acquired between 2002 to 2004. Copyright: 2015 GAF AG Spatial coverage: Check the spatial coverage of the collection on a map available on the Third Party Missions Dissemination Service.
Mission - Heritage Missions
Envisat
Envisat was ESA's successor to ERS. Envisat carried ten instruments aboard for a wide range of Earth observing fields. The mission was operational from 2002 to 2012.
Document - General Reference
DRAGON 2 Programme - Brochure 2009
The Dragon Programme is a cooperation between ESA and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the P.R. China. This brochure presents the activities undertaken since the formal start of the programme in April 2009, its background, objectives, partners and project themes.
Mission - Third Party Missions
IRS-P5 (Cartosat-1)
IRS-P5 (Cartosat-1) was a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite that generated Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and other value-added products.
Document - General Reference
The Science and Research Elements of ESA Living Planet Programme
This document presents the plans for the Earth Explorer element of the European Space Agency's 'Living Planet' Programme for Earth Observation.
Document - General Reference
The-Changing-Earth-New-Scientific-Challenges-for-ESAs-Living-Planet-Programme.pdf
This article is extracted from ESA Bulletin Nr. 129.