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MISSIONS
Explore the European Space Agency's Earth Observation satellite missions. Learn all about ESA's dedicated Earth Explorers or collaborations with other agencies through the Third Party Missions programme.
Mission - Heritage Missions
SAR (ERS) Processor Releases
It should be noted that for SAR, each product ordered is processed directly from the raw data, using the current version
Mission - Heritage Missions
PALSAR
A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF are affected by a known quality issue
Mission - Heritage Missions
PALSAR Processor Releases
The current ALOS-1 PALSAR IPF integrated within the ESA On-The-Fly system is v4.16p9, installed on 24 January 2017.
Mission - Heritage Missions
RA (ERS)
the RA provided information on significant wave height; surface wind speed; sea surface elevation, which relates to ocean currents
Mission - Heritage Missions
SAR (ERS)
Processor Releases It should be noted that for SAR, each product ordered is processed directly from the raw data, using the current
Mission - Heritage Missions
ERS Radar Course 1
Therefore, microwaves easily penetrate clouds, and images can be acquired independently of the current weather conditions
Mission - Heritage Missions
GOME Cal/Val
that time was spent in the night side of Earth, when GOME carried out sequences of calibration measurements, i.e. dark current
Mission - Heritage Missions
GOME Products Information
Details on the datasets currently distributed are in the ERS-2 GOME Products Availability Table.
Mission - Heritage Missions
PALSAR Quality Control Reports
Find out more Quality Disclaimer A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF
Mission - Heritage Missions
Wind Scatterometer (WS) Processor Releases
The current processor software version for the operational ground segment is ASPS v 10.04.
Mission - Heritage Missions
Wind Scatterometer (WS) Quality Control Reports
The data includes instrument working modes, temperatures, currents and voltages of the transmitter and calibration chain,
Mission - Heritage Missions
ALOS-1 Mission Objectives
Oceanography and coastal zone-related research (oil spill, high-resolution DEM) Coastal zones, sea surface wind, wave height, wave current
Mission - Heritage Missions
RA (ERS) Overview
demanding constraints and had the following major objectives: Precise altitude (ocean surface elevation for the study of ocean currents
Mission - Heritage Missions
PALSAR Products Information
The service currently provides access from ESA's archive to the following PALSAR L1 high-resolution data products.
Mission - Heritage Missions
Wind Scatterometer (WS) Cal/Val
ERS-2 Scatterometer: Mission Performances and Current Reprocessing Achievements Calibration strategy for ERS scatterometer
Mission - Heritage Missions
SAR (ERS) Interferometry
addition, components of the interferometric signal such as anomalous signal path lengths introduced by atmospheric effects are currently
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RA (ERS) Products Information
data showed a clear improvement in terms of accuracy over the tandem periods between ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat missions (currently
Mission - Heritage Missions
SAR (ERS) Overview
Scientists are studying the radar backscatter from the ocean surface related to wind and current fronts, to eddies and to
Mission - Heritage Missions
ERS Radar Course 2
Therefore, microwaves easily penetrate clouds, and images can be acquired independently of the current weather conditions
Mission - Heritage Missions
ERS Radar Course 3
Therefore, microwaves easily penetrate clouds, and images can be acquired independently of the current weather conditions