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  • Document - General Reference

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    Two Years of ERS-1 Data Exploitation

    This bulletin reports on the first two years of the ERS-1 satellite.

  • Document - General Reference

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    Envisat-ASAR-science-and-applications.pdf

    This document describes the technical specifications of the Envisat ASAR instrument and its operations and objectives.

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    Earth-from-Space-Middle-East.pdf

    This brochure is a collection of ENVISAT ASAR and MERIS, PROBA, ERS-2, Landsat mosaics.

  • Document - General Reference

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    Envisat-Mission-and-System-Summary.pdf

    This document provides a description of the mission objectives, the underlying system design concepts, status of the design, and developments of the system elements.

  • Document - General Reference

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    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

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    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 - General Reference

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    Envisat-Europes-Earth-Observation-Mission-for-the-new-Millennium.pdf

    This issue of the Earth Observation Quarterly is fully dedicated to the ENVISAT mission. The production of this periodical is now suspended, but paper copies are still available for distribution.

  • Document - General Reference

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    Envisat-Caring-for-the-Earth.pdf

    This document provides a description on the overall development and verification of the mission, its objectives, the payload and applications, the ground segment.

  • Document - General Reference

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    Envisat-Opportunities-for-Science-and-Applications.pdf

    This document presents an overview of the opportunities for exploitation of Envisat data products and it is hoped that it will serve the purpose of encouraging scientists and application developers to plan for the use of Envisat data in their work.

  • Document - Product Document

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    ERS-2-Kiruna-Station-User-Interface-Specifications.pdf

    This document defines all ERS-1 and ERS-2 products generated and disseminated by the Kiruna Station (KS). Products are defined in terms of their structure, content, format and distribution media.

  • Document - Product Document

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    ESA-ERS-1-Product-Specifications.pdf

    This document offers general Product Specifications on ERS-1 ESA products.

  • Document - Product Document

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    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

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    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.

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    Satellite-Data-in-Hydrology-Experience-with-ERS.pdf

    This document is aimed at both current and potential users of ERS data in hydrology. It demonstrates the existing uses of ERS data in this field, considers the potential for further development and examines the issues effecting hydrological application of ERS data specifically.

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    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.

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    ERS-1-System.pdf

    This document offers information on the ERS-1 System to assist users in accessing ERS services and ordering products.

  • Document - General Reference

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    GLOBCOVER-The-most-detailed-portrait-of-Earth.pdf

    This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr. 136.

  • Document - General Reference

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    Monitoring-Marine-Life-from-Space-Envisat-Experience-in-Chile.pdf

    This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 126 and describes the use of satellite data for monitoring the environmental conditions of coastal waters and the health of southern oceans.

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    Monitoring-River-and-Lake-Levels-from-Space.pdf

    This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 117 and describes the new global river and lake monitoring products developed by ESA with the help of De Monfort University (UK).

  • Document - General Reference

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    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.