ERS

Key facts:

ERS-1 ERS-2
Operating Time July 1991 - March 2000 April 1995 - still operating
Altitude 785 km
Repeat cycle 35 days
Sensor Active Microwave Instrument (AMI):
  • Frequency: C-band (5.3 GHz)
  • Polarisation: VV
  • Spatial resolution and swath width:
    30 m (SAR image mode) – 100 km
    10 m (SAR wave mode) – 5 x 5 km
    50 km (SAR Wind Scatterometer) – 500 km
Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR):
  • Frequency: K-band (13.8 GHz)
  • Spatial resolution: 1 km (VIS, TIR)
  • Swath width: 500 km
Further Instruments
Microwave Sounder (MWR)
Radar Altimeter (RA)

Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) sensor)

Price:

Prices start at 400 € for full resolution images from archive and for new acquisitions

ERS sample image
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