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Data - Data Description
TropForest - ALOS, GEOSAT-1 & KOMPSAT-2 optical coverages over tropical forests
The objective of the ESA TropForest project was to create a harmonised geo-database of ready-to-use satellite imagery to support 2010 global forest assessment performed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Assessments for year 2010 were essential for building realistic deforestation benchmark rates at global to regional levels. To reach this objective, the project aimed to create a harmonised ortho-rectified/pre-processed imagery geo-database based on satellite data acquisitions (ALOS AVNIR-2, GEOSAT-1 SLIM6, KOMPSAT-2 MSC) performed during year 2009 and 2010, for the Tropical Latin America (excluding Mexico) and for the Tropical South and Southeast Asia (excluding China), resulting in 1971 sites located at 1° x 1° geographical lat/long intersections. The project finally delivered 1866 sites (94.7% of target) due to cloud coverages too high for missing sites. Spatial coverage: Check the spatial coverage of the collection on a map available on the Third Party Missions Dissemination Service.
News - Thematic area articles
Transforming space data into climate action
ESA’s Earth observation activities are playing a key role in the revitalised global drive to combat climate change.
Tools - Analysis
Sentinel-3 Toolbox
The Toolbox consists of a set of visualisation, analysis and processing tools for the exploitation of OLCI and SLSTR data.
Activity - Quality
SCIRoCCo
The SCIRoCCo project is an interdisciplinary cooperation of scatterometry experts aimed at promoting the continuing exploitation of ESA's unique 20 years' worth of ERS Scatterometer data.
Document - General Reference
SCI-RPT-15-0001-v6-EvolutionReport.pdf
The ERS Scatterometer evolution report provides the recommendations, for the exploitation and valorisation of ESA's legacy ERS-1 and ERS-2 scatterometer (hereafter ESCAT) data.
Document - General Reference
SCI-PUB-14-0002-v01-WMO-report-1.0.pdf
The ERS Scatterometers in the Global Climate Observing System report describes the current and anticipated relationship and role of the ERS scatterometers in the Global Climate Observing System.
Document - Product Handbook
SCI-PUB-14-0001-v01-ScatHbk-6.pdf
The Scatterometry Handbook aims at providing, in a single publication, a knowledge base on Scatterometry data processing, and references to the relevant literature, needed to the users for exploiting the wealth of available scatterometer data, notably but not limited to those provided by ESA's ERS Missions.
Document - General Reference
SCI-PRE-2015-0001-v-01-SM-reprocessing-TUW.pdf
Soil Moisture reprocessing activities
Document - General Reference
SCI-PRE-2014-0003-v-01-SCAT Calibration approach-TUW.pdf
SCAT Calibration approach-TUW
Document - General Reference
SCI-PRE-2014-0002-v-01-ERS-2 mid-beam non-linearity-TUW.pdf
ERS-2 mid-beam non-linearity
Document - General Reference
SCI-GLS-14-0001-v01-Scatterometry-Glossary-1.2.pdf
The Scatterometry Glossary defines the commonly agreed terminology to use in all the documents generated by the SCIRoCCo Consortium.
Document - General Reference
Scatterometer-noise-analysis-presentation.pdf
Introduction to WARP and WARP NRT
Document - General Reference
Scatterometer- noise-analysis-presentation.pdf
Analysis of the C-band spaceborne scatterometers thermal noise