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INSTRUMENTS
Explore the many instruments the European Space Agency use to observe the Earth. ESA offer data from a wide range of optical, radar, atmospheric, altimetric and gravimetric instrumentation.
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Instrument - Laser Ranging
Instrument - Laser Ranging
LRR (Envisat)
The LRR instrument aboard Envisat was used to accurately determine the orbital height of the satellite.
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Instrument - Spectrometers
Instrument - Spectrometers
SCIAMACHY
SCIAMACHY was an instrument on board the Envisat satellite that measured atmospheric chemistry.
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Instrument - Radar Altimeters
Instrument - Radar Altimeters
RA-2
The RA-2 instrument aboard Envisat acquired radar altimetry data over ocean, land and ice surfaces.
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Instrument - Imaging Radars
Instrument - Imaging Radars
SAR (JERS-1)
The JERS-1 mission had a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on board.
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Instrument - Interferometers
Instrument - Interferometers
MIPAS
MIPAS was an atmospheric instrument carried aboard the Envisat satellite.
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Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
MERIS
The MERIS instrument aboard Envisat was primarily dedicated to providing ocean colour measurements.
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Instrument - Imaging Radars
Instrument - Imaging Radars
PALSAR
The ALOS PALSAR was a successor sensor to the synthetic aperture radar on board JERS-1.
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Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
AVNIR-2
The Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer-2 (AVNIR-2) was a visible and near infrared radiometer for observing land and coastal zones.
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Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
PRISM
PRISM was a panchromatic radiometer on the ALOS-1 mission with 2.5 m spatial resolution at nadir.
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Instrument - Imaging Radars
Instrument - Imaging Radars
ASAR
ASAR ensures continuity with the image mode (SAR) and the wave mode of the ERS-1/2 AMI.
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Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
AATSR
The AATSR instrument aboard Envisat was primarily designed to measure Sea Surface Temperature.