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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 - Earth Explorers
Geographical Mode Mask
The current operational Geographical Mode Mask v5.0 The current version of the geographical mode mask v5.0 has been in operation
Mission - Heritage Missions
ASAR Processor Releases
August 2009 5.03L03 9 October 2009 5.04 17 September 2010 6.00 16 December 2011 6.02 30 April 2012 6.03 3 July 2015 (current
Mission - Earth Explorers
Special Datasets Overview
CryoSat Antarctic Digital Elevation Model - Download the current CryoSat product Antarctic DEM.
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
ERS Radar Course 1
Therefore, microwaves easily penetrate clouds, and images can be acquired independently of the current weather conditions
Mission - Earth Explorers
Products Information
here, these are intended for the purpose of becoming familiar with the format of the CryoSat Science Products from the current
Mission - Earth Explorers
About CRYO2ICE
The measurements will also help map snow over the poles and advance our understanding of currents in polar oceans, with further
Mission - Earth Explorers
Ground Tracks
CryoSat instruments and it is generated at the beginning of every orbital repetition cycle around two months before the current
Mission - Earth Explorers
SIRAL
Access is provided to all CryoSat systematic data acquired according to the current geographical mode mask.
Mission - Earth Explorers
CryoSat Objectives
The density increase causes the surface waters to sink – in essence acting as a pump, driving cold, deep ocean currents from
Mission - Heritage Missions
ASAR Products Information
Higher level products (Level 2) can then be derived from L1 products; however, this is currently only done with Wave mode
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 - Earth Watch
SIRAL Overview
It is also operated over some geostrophic ocean currents and major hydrological basins.
Mission - Heritage Missions
MERIS Applications
altimeters, have a remarkable sensitivity to the roughness and height of the ocean surface, enabling the detection of ocean currents
Mission - Heritage Missions
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
Envisat Objectives
x x Turbidity x Wave Characteristics x x Near Surface Wind x x Current
Mission - Earth Watch
Instrument Processing Facilities
Level 1 Ice Products The current IPF1 installed at the Kiruna payload data segment for level-1 ice products is IPF1 vO2.3
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
Mission - Heritage Missions
ERS Overview
global scale, the two ERS satellites expanded our understanding of the interaction between the oceans and atmosphere, ocean currents