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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.
Document - User Guide
Third Party Missions, Cat-1 Data Availability
This brochure gives a quick overview on the availability of the Third Party Missions IRS-P3, JERS-1, NIMBUS, Proba, Landsat, KOMPSAT-1, SCISAT-1, Terra/Aqua, NOAA, QSCAT, OrbView, SPOT-1,-2,-3,-4, ALOS.
Document - Technical Note
The RA-2 On-Board Tracker and its Autonomous Adaptable Resolution
This technical note describes the complete functionality of the RA-2 on-board Tracker and how its Resolution Selection Logic (RSL) works. It gives a detailed analysis of the algorithm and its configuration parameters.
Document - General Reference
The Envisat Radar Altimeter System (RA-2)
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 98 and givesdetails on RA-2 and on its role in the ENVISAT mission.
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
Remaining-East-West-bias-explained.pdf
This presentation shows the results obtained from a scientific assessment on the use of GDR-D improved orbit standard and of the consequent improvement in the Sea Surface Height and Sea Level Anomaly Data of altimeter GDR data (A. Ollivier, OSTST 2011).
Document - Publication - Paper
RA-2-S-Band-anomaly-detection-and-waveforms-reconstruction.pdf
This paper describes the algorithm developed for the L1b processor that allows to set a flag identifying the data affected by the S-Band anomaly and reconstruct normal echo waveforms.
Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report
RA-2-In-Flight-Instrument-Calibration-and-Level-1b-Verification-Plan.pdf
This document describes the plan for the RA-2 In-flight Instrument Calibration and Level lb Verification procedures.
Document - Proceedings
PolInSAR-2009-Proceedings-of-the-4th-International-Workshop-on-Science-and-Applications-of-SAR-Polarimetry-and-Polarimetric-Interferometry.pdf
Proceedings of PolInSAR 2009 held in Frascati, Italy from 26-30 January 2009.
Event - Workshop
POLinSAR 2009
The 2009 workshop focused on theory and methods in the fields of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry
Event - Workshop
POLinSAR 2007
The POLinSAR 2007 workshop was open to ESA Principal Investigators and co-investigators, scientists and students working in the field of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, and to representatives from national, European and international space agencies and value adding industry.
Event - Workshop
POLinSAR 2005
The objectives of the POLinSAR 2005 workshop was to present the latest studies and results of SAR polarimetry and polarimetric interferometry.
Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report
Passive Calibration of the Backscattering Coefficient of the Envisat RA-2
Passive Calibration of Backscattering Coefficient of Envisat RA-2: final report
Document - Publication - Paper
OPERATIONAL-CORRECTION-FOR-THE-RA2-SIDE-A-USO-ANOMALY.pdf
This paper presents the method implemented to correct the anomalous data as well as the assessment of the quality and performance of the corrected data through two different analyses.
Document - Technical Note
Level-1B-and-Level-2-processing-upgrades.pdf
This document contains user information relative to the operational implementation of the RA2/MWR Level 1b IPF version up to v6.04 and Level 2 processor CMA v9.3 used to generate Altimetry Data Set 2.1.
News - Spotlight on EO community
Introducing Mirko Albani
In this short introduction, ESA's Heritage Missions Programme Manager describes what he likes most about ESA's long term archive of satellite mission data and his role in the programme.
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
Improving-the-long-term-stability-of-the-GDR-orbit-solutions.pdf
This presentation shows the results and the benefits of using new GDR-D orbit standards for ENVISAT mission. (L. Cerri et al., OSTST 2011).