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  • News - Events and Proceedings

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    Data preservation takes centre stage at Living Planet Symposium

    Against the backdrop of the famed Rhine River, world-class scientists and Earth observation data-users are gathered this week in the historical city of Bonn, at the Living Planet Symposium (LPS).

  • News - Success Stories

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    10 years of Envisat data help to illuminate ocean processes

    A decade after Envisat beamed its final image to the planet, the pioneering ESA mission is continuing to foster improved understanding of Earth’s systems.

  • News - Spotlight on EO community

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    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.

  • News - Success Stories

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    How Envisat helped to shape global understanding of Earth’s systems

    Twenty years have passed since a ground-breaking European spacecraft designed to deliver unprecedented insight into the planet’s changing environment was lofted into orbit.

  • Activity - Projects

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    Dragon 2 Cooperation Programme

    The Dragon 2 Programme focussed on the exploitation of ESA, ESA's Third Party Missions and Chinese Earth observation data for science and applications development in land, ocean and atmospheric applications.

  • News - Data Release news

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    Release of new Envisat DORIS Precise Orbit data

    A new version of the Envisat Precise Orbit products has been generated by the Centre de Traitement Doris Poseidon (CTDP) using the Geophysical Data Records F standards (GDR-F). The new dataset (DOR_VOR_AX vF) is now available to users in Envisat format from the ESA dissemination service.

  • Tools - Apps

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    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

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    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.

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Envisat

    Envisat was ESA's successor to ERS. Envisat carried ten instruments aboard for a wide range of Earth observing fields. The mission was operational from 2002 to 2012.

  • News - Data Release news

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    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.

  • Document - General Reference

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    A-Review-of-Mediterranean-Environmental-Management-Actions-Using-Space-Techniques.pdf

    This document represents the executive review of the work performed by CTM (Centro di Telerilevamento Mediterraneo) and the National Observatory of Athens. This review has been promoted by ESA - EURISY Colloquium (Athens, 19-20 October 1998)

  • Document - General Reference

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    A-New-Earth-Explorer-The-Third-Cycle-of-Core-Earth-Explorers.pdf

    This article is extracted from ESA Bulletin Nr. 131

  • Document - Product Document

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    ERS-Products-WMO-FM94-BUFR-Format.pdf

    This document defines all the products distributed by ESA/ESRIN for transmission over the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Global Telecommunication System (GTS). Products are defined in terms of their structure, content and format.

  • Document - Product Cal/Val Plan/Report

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    ERS-2-Rapid-Products-Validation.pdf

    This note shortly summarizes the validation activities for the new rapid orbit and altimeter products RPD/ROPR for ERS-2. Besides internal quality measures the products are compared with the operational Preliminary Orbit (PRL) and the Quick-Look Ocean Product Records (QLOPR).

  • Document - Technical Note

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    Envisat-Satellite-Qualification-Review-Data-Package-Volume-1K-Supporting-ESQR-Documents.pdf

    This volume is the first of a 15 volume set of documents that comprises the Payload to Ground Segment Interface Control Document (PGICD). Volume 1 provides introductory information that is needed to understand both the purpose and scope of the PGICD as well as the concept of breaking the document into individual volumes.

  • Document - Technical Note

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    Envisat-products-specifications-VOLUME-17-EXTRACTED-INSTRUMENT-HEADERS.pdf

    This file presents the Product Quality Readme (PQR) information for the AATSR Level 1b (ATS_TOA_1P) products. All PQRs are retained for reference in this file, even those pertaining to historically available datasets only, hence there is an explicit statement in each PQR noting whether it is still applicable to the most recent AATSR dataset.

  • Document - Technical Note

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    CUS-Software-Administrator-and-Operator-Manual.pdf

    This document describes all procedures to be executed by administrators and operators in order to support correct activities of CUS facility.

  • Document - Technical Note

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    ESOWG7-ERS-National-&-Foreign-Stations-Operators-Working-Group.pdf

    This document presents material from the 7th ERS National and Foreign Stations Operators Working Group Meeting, which took place in Toulouse, France, from 28 to 29 May 1998.

  • Document - Technical Note

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    F-PAC-User-Services.pdf

    This document provides details on the user services set up in place at the F-PAC to insure data dissemination services. Both electronic and media dissemination are covered by this document.