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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

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    GOCE

    Explorer (GOCE) mission mapped Earth's geoid very accurately, opening a window into Earth's interior structure as well as the currents

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    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 - Earth Explorers

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    GOCE Objectives

    Thanks to this current, the coastal waters of Europe are 4°C warmer than waters at equivalent latitudes in the north Pacific

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    RA (ERS)

    the RA provided information on significant wave height; surface wind speed; sea surface elevation, which relates to ocean currents

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    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 - Earth Explorers

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    EGG

    This opened a window into Earth's interior structure, as well as the currents circulating within the depths of its oceans

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    SSTI ANTEX Data

    data were generated from 154 days in 2009 GOCE SSTI-B PCVs data were generated from the available data in 2010-2012 The current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    ERS Radar Course 1

    Therefore, microwaves easily penetrate clouds, and images can be acquired independently of the current weather conditions

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    GOCE re-entry dataset

    with further dynamical and environmental information such as on-board magnetometer measurements of Earth's magnetic field, currents

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    GOCE Overview

    height mapped by altimeters and the knowledge of the precise ocean geoid that has improved our understanding of surface currents

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Wind Scatterometer (WS) Processor Releases

    The current processor software version for the operational ground segment is ASPS v 10.04.

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    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

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    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

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    Wind Scatterometer (WS) Cal/Val

    ERS-2 Scatterometer: Mission Performances and Current Reprocessing Achievements Calibration strategy for ERS scatterometer

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    SAR (ERS) Interferometry

    addition, components of the interferometric signal such as anomalous signal path lengths introduced by atmospheric effects are currently

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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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 - Third Party Missions

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    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

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    Thematic Mapper (TM) Processor Releases

    GCP displacement B TM radiometric calibration Update to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    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

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    ERS Radar Course 2

    Therefore, microwaves easily penetrate clouds, and images can be acquired independently of the current weather conditions