News - Data Release news

Updated Precise Orbit data (POD) for the full ERS-1 and ERS-2 mission available

The Precise Orbit files (ERS.ORB.POD) for the entire ERS-1 and ERS-2 mission periods have been reprocessed with up-to-date standards.

Tools - Analysis

SNAP

SNAP is a common architecture for all Sentinel Toolboxes. It is ideal for Earth observation processing and analysis.

Activity - Quality

SEOM CAWA

The Advanced Clouds, Aerosols and WAter vapour products for Sentinel-3/OLCI project aims to develop and improve the advanced atmospheric retrieval algorithms developed for MERIS and OLCI instruments.

Activity - Quality

REAPER

The REAPER (REprocessing of Altimeter Products for ERS) project covers both the ERS-1 and the ERS-2 altimetry missions. The project aims to support and maintain data quality.

Activity - Instrument characterisation and algorithm studies

QA4EO-RUT

The ‘RUT' tool project has the overall objective is to define a generic software implementable methodology for assessing the radiometric uncertainty per pixel of the TOA radiance/reflectance products.

Activity - Instrument characterisation and algorithm studies

QA4EO-ATLAS

A pulsed Tuneable Laser system for the characterisation of Spectrometers

News - Data Release news

New ERS-2 GOME Level 1 v5.1 dataset available online

A new GOME Level 1b dataset has been generated for the 16-year mission period bringing relevant quality improvements for the revised calibration approach, compensating aging and instrument degradation, and provide enhanced accessibility.

Document - User Guide

Microwave Radiometer Products User Manual

Document - Technical Note

Investigation-into-ATSR-1-and-ATSR-2-data-availability.pdf

Envisat-style products for ATSR-1 and ATSR-2 data.

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.

Tools - Apps

Heritage Missions app for iOS

Download the Heritage Missions application to discover what the missions were about, how it worked and what the elements of the space and ground segment that make these missions unique.

Tools - Apps

Heritage Missions app for Android

Download the Heritage Missions application to discover what the missions were about, how it worked and what the elements of the space and ground segment that make these missions unique.

Document - User Guide

FM94-BUFR-Encoding-Software-for-ERS Data-Software-User-Manual.pdf

This user manual is applicable to Version 5 of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) FM94 BUFR Decoding Software for ERS data. It describes: The installation of the software, the post-installation testing of the software, the user interfaces to the BUFR encoder, the completion status and error codes that can be expected, and how corrupt products are handled.

Tools - Catalogues

FedEO

FedEO is a data catalogue that provides a unique entry point to a number of scientific catalogues and services for, but not limited to, European and Canadian missions.

Document - Product Document

ERS_PRARE_Products_availability.pdf

This file cover the products availability of PRARE

Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report

ERS2-MWR-survey-2001.pdf

Reports on activities performed in 2001 on the ERS2 / MWR survey.

Document - Proceedings

ERS-Envisat-symposium-proceedings.pdf

This document contains the proceedings of the ERS-Envisat Symposium, which took place in 2000.

Document - Product Handbook

ERS-Altimeter-and-Orbit-Global-Products-Manual.pdf

This manual covers ERS Altimeter and Orbit products.

Document - Product Document

ERS-Along-Track-Scanning-Radiometer-ATS-GBT-Product-User-Guide.pdf

This document is a user guide for the ERS-1 and ERS-2 Along Track Scanning Radiometer Gridded Brightness Temperature/Reflectance Product (ATS.GBT) produced by the United Kingdom Processing and Archiving Facility. Also describes CEOS format.

Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report

ERS-2-OPR-Product-Validation-Report.pdf

This report focuses on the inspection of the OPR products and the associated user documentation.