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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 - Thermal/Radiation Detectors
Instrument - Thermal/Radiation Detectors
Thermal Infra-Red Scanner (TIRS)
TIRS on Landsat 8 is a thermal imager that supplements observations from the OLI instrument.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
SCIAMACHY
SCIAMACHY was an instrument aboard the Envisat satellite that measured atmospheric chemistry.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
MWR (Envisat)
The MWR aboard Envisat measured integrated atmospheric water vapour column and cloud liquid water.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - 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
ASAR
ASAR ensures continuity with the image mode (SAR) and the wave mode of the ERS-1/2 AMI.