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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.

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    Aeolus

    This is currently the only technology that can provide direct wind profile observations in clear air, inside thin clouds

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    Swarm

    its geological interpretation Determination of the 3D electrical conductivity of the mantle Investigatigation of electric currents

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    GHGSat

    The GHGSat constellation currently consists of 12 satellites: GHGSat-D (GHGSat's technology demonstrator satellite) launched

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    TanSat

    60°, 120°, at 670 nm and 1640 nm The TanSat mission also performs a regular calibration, in four different modes: dark current

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    ALADIN

    Aeolus Quality Control Reports on L1B/Instrument, L2A and L2B products are currently available to Aeolus Cal/Val teams and

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    SMOS product availability

    + NIR + Long     LO + FTT     LO + Electrical Stability     LO + NIR + Long + FTT     LO + Short     LO + Long + Short Current

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    ACC (Swarm)

    identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current

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    GPSR and LRR (Swarm)

    identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current

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    STR (Swarm)

    identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current

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    ASM

    identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current

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    EFI

    identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current

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    VFM

    identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current

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    VFM Overview

    The instrument operates as a closed-loop system adjusting the compensating CSC currents to maintain a null field at the detector

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    Products Information

    Products Baseline for Swarm is available in the following links: Definition of Dataset and Product Baseline Data Quality: Current

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    ALADIN Reports

    quality reports about the public L2B Wind product: Monthly L2B reports Reports for the Aeolus L2A Aerosol/Cloud products are currently

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    Products Information

    For an optimal exploitation of the current SMOS L2 data set V620 consult the read-me-first notes available for V620 soil

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    EFI Overview

    The SII sensors are directly installed on the radiator for heat rejection in order to limit dark current on the CCD.

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    CHRIS Overview

    covering the short-wave IR spectral band (SWIR, typically out to 2400 nm), in addition to the visible/near-IR (VNIR) band current