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  • 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.

  • Document - General Reference

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    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

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    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

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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 - Product Document

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    SMOS-Level-2-Soil-Moisture-TGRD.pdf

    This document is the Table Generation Requirements Document for the SMOS Level 2 Soil Moisture Processor.

  • 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.

  • Document - Conference Presentation - Poster

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    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

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    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

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    3_leinss_polinSAR2013_v3.pdf

    Snow property extraction based on polarimetry and differential SAR interferometry S. Leinss [ETH Zürich - Switzerland]

  • Document - Conference Presentation - Poster

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    1_POLinSAR_2013_Eltoft.pdf

    Polarimetric decomposition analysis of Sea Ice data T. Eltoft [University of Tromso - Norway]

  • Document - Conference Presentation - Poster

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    8_PolinSAR2013_soil_moisture_wetland_session_summary_Fina.pdf

    Applications of SAR Polarimetry on Land: Soil Moisture and Wetlands

  • Document - Conference Presentation - Poster

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    5_SummaryOceanCryosphere.pdf

    Applications on Ocean & Cryosphere

  • Document - General Reference

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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.

  • Document - General Reference

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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.

  • Document - General Reference

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    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

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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.

  • Document - General Reference

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    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.