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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

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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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    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 - Earth Explorers

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    Special Datasets Overview

    CryoSat Antarctic Digital Elevation Model - Download the current CryoSat product Antarctic DEM.

  • 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 - 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 - Earth Explorers

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    Products Information

    here, these are intended for the purpose of becoming familiar with the format of the CryoSat Science Products from the current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    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 - Earth Explorers

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    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

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    Ground Tracks

    CryoSat instruments and it is generated at the beginning of every orbital repetition cycle around two months before the current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    GOME Products Information

    Details on the datasets currently distributed are in the ERS-2 GOME Products Availability Table.

  • 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 - Earth Explorers

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    SIRAL

    Access is provided to all CryoSat systematic data acquired according to the current geographical mode mask.

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    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

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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 - Earth Watch

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    SIRAL Overview

    It is also operated over some geostrophic ocean currents and major hydrological basins.

  • 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