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

Farewell-to-ERS2.pdf

This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr.148.

Document - Technical Note

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.

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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.

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SMOS-ESAs-Water-Mission-Fact-sheet.pdf

This document provided a series of information on the SMOS mission.

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SPECTRA-Surface-Processes-and-Ecosystem-Changes-Through-Response-Analysis.pdf

This report describes the SPECTRA mission, one of the candidate Earth Explorers in the second cycle in 2001.

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The four Candidate Earth Explorer Core Missions - Land-Surface Processes and Interactions Mission

This report describes the Land-Surface Processes and Interactions Mission, one of the four Candidate Earth Explorers in 1999.

Document - Technical Note

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.

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The Nine Candidate Earth Explorer Missions - Land-Surface Processes and Interactions Mission

This report for assessment addresses the Land-Surface Processes and Interactions mission when it was selected with other nine Earth Explorer missions as a potential candidate for Phase A study.

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RA-Characterisation-Data.pdf

This document can be regarded as a first issue of the long-awaited RA Characterisation Database. It contains values for all parameters which have been requested, except for some special cases which will be explained later. It contains many other parameters as well. For example it also contains all the parameters used in the LRDPF (and referred to in ER-RP-DSF-SY-0007) except for the parameters forseen to be updated frequently, such as the barometric pressure field (which will come from ECMWF).

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Healing-the-Earth-Earth-Observation-Supporting-International-Environmental Conventions.pdf

This article is extracted from ESA Bulletin Nr. 128.

Document - Technical Note

Guidelines-for-the-Specification-of-Ground-Processing-Algorithms.pdf

This document defines general standards to be followed during the initial development phases of processing software for the Envisat Payload Data Segment (PDS). The main activities during the different development steps are outlined and the documentation to be delivered at different stages is specified.

Document - General Reference

Happy-Birthday-ERS-1991-2001.pdf

This brochure celebrates the tenth anniversary of the ERS mission. ERS-1 was launched in 1991 and was joined by ERS-2 in 1995.

Document - Technical Note

Radar-Altimeter-Ground-Processing-Requirement.pdf

This document defines the Fast Delivery Ground Processing Algorithm Requirements for the ERS-1 Radar Altimeter. It does not include the basic tasks of decoding the telemetry stream, and assumes that the relevant parameters have been extracted for ingestion into the algorithms presented here.

Document - Product Specifications

Envisat products specifications - Volume 9 - DORIS products specifications

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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.

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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)

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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 - Technical Note

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 - Product Document

ERS-Ground-Stations-Products-Specification.pdf

This document defines all outgoing products generated by the ERS-1 and ERS-2 Ground Stations at: Kiruna, Fucino, Maspalomas, Gatineau and Prince Albert. Products are defined in terms of their structure, content and format. Distribution media are defined in terms of their type and format.