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  • Data - Announcement of Opportunity (Restrained)

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    Announcement of Opportunity for S3VT (Sentinel-3 Validation Team)

    In the framework of a Copernicus collaborative agreement ESA and EUMETSAT invite interested groups and individuals to support the Sentinel-3 Validation Team (S3VT).

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    ERS

    The ERS programme was composed of two missions, ERS-1 and ERS-2, which together observed the Earth for 20 years, from 1991 to 2011.

  • Data - Fast Registration with immediate access (Open)

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    ERS PRARE Precise Orbit Product (ERS.ORB.POD/ERS.ORB/PRC)

    The precise orbit results from a data reduction process in which all available tracking data (Single-Lens Reflex, radar altimeter crossovers, PRARE range and Doppler data) and most accurate correction, transformation and dynamical models are taken into account and in which high level numerical procedures are applied. These orbits are "optimal" achievable representations of the real orbital motion under the circumstances of tracking situation and the "state of the art" model situation. The precise orbit product for the ERS satellites are the satellite ephemeris (position and velocity vector) including time tag, given in a well-defined reference frame, together with the nominal satellite attitude information and a radial orbit correction. Several orbit solutions are currently distributed: A new set of ORB POD (Precise Orbit Determination - REAPER v2) computed with the most updated model standards for the complete ERS-1 and ERS-2 mission. A previous set of ORB POD (REAPER v1) data already available on the ESA dissemination site since 2014, covering the ERS-1 full mission and the ERS-2 mission up to July 2003. ORB PRC which is the original Precise Orbit dataset computed during the ERS mission operations for ERS-1 and ERS-2. In the new POD dataset (REAPER v2) for the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions, two different orbit solutions are provided together with the combined solution to be used for processing of the radar altimeter measurements and the determination of geodetic/geophysical products: those computed by DEOS (Delft Institute of Earth Observation and Space Systems), and those generated by ESOC (European Space Operations Centre) using different software (GEODYN and NAPEOS respectively). Careful evaluation of the various solutions of REAPER v2 has shown that the DEOS solution for both ERS-1 and ERS-2 has the best performance and is recommended to be used as reference. See the ERS Orbit Validation Report. For the previous version of the POD data set (REAPER v1), with ERS-2 mission data only up to 2003, three different orbit solutions together with the combined solution are available. These precise orbits for ERS-1 and ERS-2 have been computed at DEOS, ESOC, and GFZ (Deutschen GeoForschungsZentrums) using different software and different altimeter databases. Combined solutions have been created using three individual solutions for each satellite. All orbits were derived using consistent models in the same LPOD2005 terrestrial reference frame. These new orbit solutions show notable improvement with respect to DGME04 orbits (Scharroo and Visser, 1998). Thus, RMS crossover differences of new orbits improved by 4-9 mm. Careful evaluation of the various solutions has shown that the combined solution for both ERS-1 and ERS-2 has the best performance. All POD orbit files (REAPER v1/v2) are available in SP3c format.

  • Document - Quality Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 02 Feb 2004

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 02 Jun 2003

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 02 Mar 2009

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 02 May 2005

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 02 Nov 2009

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 04 Nov 2002

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 04 Oct 2004

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 05 Jul 2010

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 06 Apr 2009

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 06 Jun 2005

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 07 Dec 2009

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 08 Mar 2004

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 08 Nov 2004

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 09 Aug 2010

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 09 Dec 2002

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 11 Jan 2010

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report

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    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report 11 May 2009

    ERS-2 AMI-SAR Cyclic Report