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Document - General Reference
The Nine Candidate Earth Explorer Missions - Topography Mission
This report for assessment addresses the Topography mission when it was selected with other nine Earth Explorer missions as a potential candidate for Phase A study.
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
CryoSat-Science-Report.pdf
This Science Report presents the latest progress in the cryospheric research related to the CryoSat mission, a three-year radar altimetry mission scheduled for launch in 2004, to determine variations in the thickness of the Earth's continental ice sheets and marine ice cover. Its primary objective is to test the prediction of thinning arctic ice due to global warming.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-L2-Geophysical-Corrections.pdf
This document provides information on the geophysical corrections and ancillary information used in the processing of the Level 2 CryoSat data products. It complements and expands on the information provided in the CryoSat Product Handbook [RD.1] and the CryoSat Level 2 Product Format Specification document [RD.3].
Document - Product Document
CryoSat-Mission-and-Data-Document.pdf
The purpose of this document is to provide information about the CryoSat mission and its implementation.
Document - General Reference
Further-Achievements-of-the-ERS-Missions.pdf
This publication shows how with time the various uses of ERS data are developing and consolidating in key areas of science and economic exploitation.
Document - General Reference
The first of ESA's first Opportunity Missions- CryoSat
This article was published in the Earth Observation Quarterly nr 63 which appeared in 1999 and describes the CryoSat Mission. In the same issue of EOQ there are various articles giving a general presentation of the ESA Living Planet programme.
Document - General Reference
CoReH2O-Report-for-Mission-Selection-An-Earth-Explorer-to-observe-snow-and-ice.pdf
This report describes the CoReH2O (Cold Regions Hydrology high-resolution Observatory) mission, which was selected for feasibility study in the third cycle of Earth Explorers.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-ESAs-Ice-Mission.pdf
This brochure describes the science behind the CRYOSAT mission and how the satellite works.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-A-Mission-to-the-Ice-Fields-of-Earth.pdf
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 122 and outlines the genesis of CryoSat, its scientific objectives and its programmatic constraints.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-Polar-Ice-Fields-are-they-melting.pdf
This article was published in the Earth Observation Quarterly Nr. 71 and is about CryoSat applications in experimental measurements in the Arctic.
Document - General Reference
The-Changing-Earth-New-Scientific-Challenges-for-ESAs-Living-Planet-Programme.pdf
This article is extracted from ESA Bulletin Nr. 129.
Document - General Reference
ESAs-Ice-Mission-CryoSat-more-important-than-ever.pdf
This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr.141.
Document - General Reference
The CryoSat System - the satellite and its radar altimeter
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 122 and describes the elements of the satellite that are to be launched into space.
Document - General Reference
The CryoSat Data Products- their generation, in-situ validation and applications
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 122 and describes those parts of the overall system that will not be launched into space
Document - Proceedings
CryoSat-Validation-Workshop-2011.pdf
Proceedings of Cryosat Validation Workshop 2011 held from 1-3 February 2011 in ESRIN, Frascati Italy.
Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report
CryoSat-Calibration-and-Validation-Concept.pdf
This document intends to provide a description of a calibration and validation approach that is understandable by wider scientific users of the CryoSat data.
Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report
CryoSat-In-Flight-Calibration-Approach.pdf
This document determines the in-flight calibration activities for CryoSat. These activities will (largely) be performed within the Commissioning Phase1 and this document is an input to the overall Commissioning Phase Plan, AD 1.
Document - Technical Note
Update-on-AATSR-Visible-Channel-Long-Term-Trends.pdf
This document contains calibration guidance for the AATSR instrument.
Document - Technical Note
AATSR-Latitude-Dependent-Bias-Correction.pdf
This document contains calibration information for the Sea Surface Temperature readings from the AATSR instrument on Envisat.