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Document - General Reference
Envisat-ASAR-science-and-applications.pdf
This document describes the technical specifications of the Envisat ASAR instrument and its operations and objectives.
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 - Product Document
CryoSat-2-IOP-and-GOP-Product-Format-Specification.pdf
This document contains the description of the format of the Level 1b and Level-2 Intermediate (IOP) and Geophysical (GOP) Ocean Products generated inside the PDS for the CryoSat-2 mission.
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
6_Session_I_Besic.pdf
Poincaré sphere representation of independent scattering sources: Application on distributed targets N. Besic [Gipsa-lab - France]
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
2_POLINSAR2013_Parrella_Ice_modeling_2007.pdf
On the Interpretation of L- and P-band PolSAR Signatures of Polithermal Glaciers G. Parrella [German Aerospace Center - DLR]
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
3_leinss_polinSAR2013_v3.pdf
Snow property extraction based on polarimetry and differential SAR interferometry S. Leinss [ETH Zürich - Switzerland]
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
1_POLinSAR_2013_Eltoft.pdf
Polarimetric decomposition analysis of Sea Ice data T. Eltoft [University of Tromso - Norway]
Document - Conference Presentation - Poster
5_SummaryOceanCryosphere.pdf
Applications on Ocean & Cryosphere
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
From-ERS-1-to-ERS-2-Destination-Earth.pdf
This booklet presents a small fraction of ERS-1 results. The "ERS System" is also described in five background briefing notes.
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
The European Space Agency's Earth Explorer Mission CryoSat- Measuring Variability in the Cryosphere
This paper provides an overview of the mission and the measurement characteristics of the new SIRAL instrument: examples of data acquired on recent preparatory campaigns are presented, preparatory plans for calibration and validation of CryoSat data are also described.
Document - General Reference
Taking-the-Measure-of-Earth-Fifteen-Years-of-Progress-in-Radar-Altimetry.pdf
This article is extracted from ESA Bulletin Nr. 128.
Document - General Reference
Taking-natures-pulse-Europes-ERS-satellites.pdf
This brochure presents an overview of the ERS mission and its applications and benefits.
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.