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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
SMOS product availability
+ NIR + Long LO + FTT LO + Electrical Stability LO + NIR + Long + FTT LO + Short LO + Long + Short Current
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
SMOS Objectives
SMOS Science The SMOS mission is a direct response to the current lack of global observations of soil moisture and ocean
Mission - Heritage Missions
MIPAS Quality Control Reports
Maps are currently available only for a limited part of the mission.
Mission - Heritage Missions
Products Availability L0
The current list of gaps in the AATSR Level 0 dataset is available here.
Mission - Earth Explorers
Products Information
For an optimal exploitation of the current SMOS L2 data set V620 consult the read-me-first notes available for V620 soil
Mission - Heritage Missions
Products Availability L0
Last update on 29 March 2017 - Issue 1.3 Year Total orbits Products available Percentage of availability Products currently
Mission - Heritage Missions
AATSR Auxiliary Data
The Fourth Reprocessing is the first to use the FAST processor (v2.0.5) and so there is currently no historical information
Mission - Earth Explorers
SMOS Overview
Mission Background The SMOS mission is a direct response to the current lack of global observations of soil moisture and
Mission - Heritage Missions
AATSR Products Information
Third Reprocessing Dataset Information Third Reprocessing products are currently available on the NEODC archive via CEDA.
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
Products Availability L2
7.03 Last update on 25 May 2016 - Issue 1.0 Year Total orbits Products available Percentage of availability L0 products currently
Mission - Heritage Missions
Products Anomalies
The status of the MIPAS consolidated data sets currently available can be accessed here.
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
Envisat Objectives
x x Turbidity x Wave Characteristics x x Near Surface Wind x x Current
Mission - Heritage Missions
Products Availability
(TOA) brightness temperature (BT) values for the infra-red channels and reflectance values for the visible channels is currently
Mission - Heritage Missions
MIPAS Processor Releases
day/night discrimination REPRO Phase F 5.06 migsp 2.7 mical 1.6 4L 1C 5B 4C 8.6 Bug fixes: - Wrong 'Number of sweeps in current
Mission - Heritage Missions
GOMOS Overview
anti-reflection coated CCD Quantum efficiency 20% at 250 nm to 350 nm, 60% at 500 nm to 675 nm , 20% at 950 nm See above Dark current
Mission - Heritage Missions
MERIS Overview
Spatial and temporal models of the biosphere are currently being developed to study the mechanics of such complex systems