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Document - General Reference
Autonomy-in-action-Ten-years-of-Proba-1.pdf
This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr.148.
Document - General Reference
Big-year-for-small-satellite-ESAs-second-in-orbit-technology-demonstration-mission-Proba-2.pdf
This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr.144.
Document - General Reference
The MSG System - consisting of a Space Segment and a Ground Segment, designed to provide data, based on a series of three satellites called MSG-1, -2 and -3
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 111.
Document - General Reference
Aeolus-Sensor-and-Product-Description.pdf
This document provides a brief description of the Aeolus sensor, data processing and products to be validated during Mission Phase E.
Document - General Reference
BIOMASS-Report-for-Mission-Selection-An-Earth-Explorer-to-observe-forest-biomass.pdf
The objective of the BIOMASS Mission is to determine the global distribution of forest biomass by reducing the uncertainty in the calculation of carbon stock and fluxes associated with the terrestrial biosphere.
Document - General Reference
Aeolus-ESAs-Wind-Mission.pdf
This brochure provides information on ADM-Aeolus, ESA's future Wind Mission and Earth Explorer. The Aeolus satellite will carry one large instrument - the atmospheric laser Doppler instrument Al~ADIN, which will probe the lowermost 30 km of the atmosphere from an orbit 400 km above the Earth's surface.
Document - Product Document
Leaf-area-index-from-CHRIS-satellite-data-and-applications-in-plant-yield-estimation.pdf
This paper focuses on the optical remote sensing aspects of the ISIES project.
Document - Product Document
Aeolus-Summary-Reprocessing-3.pdf
Aeolus data products were reprocessed from August 31, 2018 to June 16, 2019 covering the operation period of the first Flight Model laser (FM-A). This was the third reprocessing campaign performed based on processor versions deployed in spring 2022
Document - Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document
Aeolus-L2B-Algorithm-ATBD.pdf
This document is the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the ADM-Aeolus Level-2B Processor.
Document - General Reference
ESA-Achievements-More-than-thirty-years-of-pioneering-space-activity.pdf
This volume gives a general overview of ESA's activities and programmes by analyzing the single missions where it is involved.
Document - General Reference
PREMIER-Report-for-Mission-Selection-An-Earth-Explorer-to-observe-atmospheric-composition.pdf
The objective of the PREMIER mission is to quantify the processes controlling global atmospheric composition in the mid/upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (5-25 km height range), which is a region of particular importance for climate change.
Document - General Reference
On-the-Potential-of-CHRIS-PROBA-for-Estimating-Vegetation-Canopy-Properties-from-Space.pdf
On the Potential of CHRIS/PROBA for Estimating Vegetation Canopy Properties from Space.
Document - General Reference
CoReH2O-Report-for-Mission-Selection-An-Earth-Explorer-to-observe-snow-and-ice.pdf
This report describes the CoReH2O (Cold Regions Hydrology high-resolution Observatory) mission, which was selected for feasibility study in the third cycle of Earth Explorers.
Document - General Reference
Correction-of-systematic-spatial-noise-in-push-broom-hyperspectral-sensors.pdf
We present a new technique that faces the problem of removing the spatiallycoherent noise known as vertical striping, usually found in images acquired by push-broom sensors.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-The-Satellite-Development.pdf
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the MSG programme, the mission objectives, the design and development of the MSG spacecraft.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-Becomes-Operational.pdf
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 119.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-New-Horizons-for-Weather-and-Climate.pdf
This brochure gives a general overview on the mission and its application.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation.pdf
This flyer summarises in short the aims, applications and technology of the MSG mission.
Document - General Reference
The Earth Observation Handbook, 2010 Update - Key Tables
This is the 2010 update of the CEOS Earth Observation Handbook. You can browse the live database at http://database.eohandbook.com/ or download the printable PDF of key tables based on the 2010 database contents for a handy reference.
Document - General Reference
The In-Orbit Commissioning of MSG-1
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 114.