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Document - Product Specifications
wind-scatterometer-processing-requirements-from-sigma-nought-triplets-to-dealiased-wind.pdf
This document defines the ground processing algorithms for the ERS-1 AMI wind mode (Scatterometer) from the sigma nought triplets to the wind speed and direction, including the wind retrieval and the ambiguity removal processing.
Document - General Reference
Wetlands monitoring by ERS SAR data.pdf
The objectives of this study were to assess the suitability of ERS SAR images in monitoring the seasonal changes of the wetland areas which are difficult to monitor on land. Lake Bangweulu in Zambia was selected for the study. An additional objective was to carry out a comparison of the results obtained from both ERS SAR and NOAA AVHRR data.
Document - General Reference
WATS - Water Vapour and Temperature in the Troposphere and Stratosphere.pdf
This report describes the WATS mission, one of the candidate Earth Explorers in the second cycle in 2001.
Document - Technical Note
WALES - Water Vapour Lidar Experiment in Space
This report describes the WALES mission, one of the candidate Earth Explorers in the second cycle in 2001.
Document - Technical Note
UWA Processing Algorithm Specification
This technical note specifies version 2 of the algorithm to derive SAR wave spectrum products from ERS AMI wave mode data.
Document - General Reference
Understanding climate change from space
This document describes ESA's Climate Change Initiative, and how it is intended to contribute towards monitoring and understanding the Earth's climate.
Document - General Reference
Two Years of ERS-1 Data Exploitation
This bulletin reports on the first two years of the ERS-1 satellite.
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 - Technical Note
Tracking a Tropical Cyclone with ERS-Scatt report
Tracking a Tropical Cyclone with ERS-Scatt: a CMOD4 Model Review
Document - Publication - Paper
Tracking a Tropical Cyclone with ERS-Scatt paper
Tracking a Tropical Cyclone with ERS-Scatt: a CMOD Model Review
Document - General Reference
Towards More Efficient Use of Radar-Altimeter Data
Twenty years ago, experimental altimeters on NASA's Skylab and Geos-3 were already demonstrating the potential of such instrumentation. This led in turn to the development and launch by NASA in July 1978 of the Seasat oceanographic satellite mission. Both Geos-3 and Seasat were very successful in their pioneering missions, but were limited somewhat by poor coverage in the case of Geos-3 and an abnormally short mission duration in Seasat's case.
Document - Proceedings
Third ESA International Conference on Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems
The proceedings from the Third ESA International Conference on Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems, which took place at ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, from 26 to 29 November 1996, are presented here.
Document - Proceedings
Thematic Applications of SAR Data
This document presents the proceedings from a workshop held at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati, Italy, from 09 to 11 September 1985 regarding the ERS mission and the SAR instrument.
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
The-CEOS-Earth-Observation-Handbook-2008.pdf
This report presents the main capabilities of satellite Earth observations, their applications, and a systematic overview of present and planned Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) agency Earth observation satellite missions and their instruments. It also explores society's increasing need for information on our planet. This edition has a particular focus on climate change.
Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report
The-Calibration-of-the-ERS-1-Radar-Altimeter.pdf
This report describes the calibration of ERS-1's Radar Altimeter during the commissioning phase, which used Venice as a basis for calibration.