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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
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
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 - Product Document
LANDSAT_Products_Description_Document.pdf
This document acts as a User Guide to the Landsat MSS, TM and ETM+ archives, focussing more specifically on the Landsat TM and ETM+ products from the Kiruna, Maspalomas and Matera archives (including from the Matera, Fucino, Neustralitz, O’Higgins, Malindi, Libreville and Bishkek ground stations) that have been generated as part of the ESA archive bulk-reprocessing project.
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.
Tools - Visualisation
HEDAVI
ESA’s Heritage EO data currently cover more than 30 years of observations and enable the analysis of spatio-temporal dynamics
Document - General Reference
The International Charter- Space and Major Disasters
The Charter is an important step forward in linking the needs of disaster and relief organisations with space technology solutions to help mitigate the effects of disaster on human life, property and the environment.
Document - User Guide
SHARK Technical Reference Manual
The SHARK Technical Reference Manual provides detailed information on the organisation and workings of the SHARK Software Environment and the hardware on which it runs. SHARK is a standalone system that processes HRPT data transmitted from the TlROS-N/NOAA polar orbiting meteorological satellites.
Activity - Quality
SLAP
Currently, in excess of 701,000 Level 1 TM and 84,000 Level 1 ETM+ products have been reprocessed and released under the
Activity - Quality
EDAP
The following missions are currently being considered as part of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Radio Frequency
Document - Product Handbook
AVHRR-Handbook.pdf
The AVHRR user handbook provides details about the content of the consolidated and harmonised data set archived at ESA facilities.
News - Success Stories
The Earthnet Programme: 40 years of evolution and future challenges
Giuseppe Ottavianelli Title: Current Earthnet TPM Programme Manager Description: Giuseppe Ottavianelli, Earthnet TPM Programme
Mission - Third Party Missions
Multi Spectral Scanner (MSS) Processor Releases
GCP displacement B TM radiometric calibration Update to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current
Mission - Third Party Missions
Thematic Mapper (TM) Processor Releases
GCP displacement B TM radiometric calibration Update to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current
News - Success Stories
A stroll through Heritage Missions
In the current digital era, this confirms ESA’s commitment to maintain heritage data and keep information available, in support
News - Success Stories
COP26 fuels interest in satellite data
operational and non-operational ESA missions provide long-term Earth observational records, giving essential context to current
Document - Technical Note
Technical Note on Quality Assessment for Landsat 1-7
Technical Note on Quality Assessment for Landsat 1-7
Document - General Reference
Heritage Missions brochure
This brochure describes ESA's Heritage Space Programme and includes infographics describing some of the missions in the programme.