ENVISAT
Key facts:
| Operating Time |
March 2002 - still operating |
| Altitude |
800 km |
| Repeat cycle |
35 days |
| Sensor |
MERIS:
- Swath width: 1150 km
- Spectral resolution: 15 bands (VIS, NIR)
- Spatial resolution : 300 m
ASAR:
- Swath width: up to 100 km (Image mode), > 400 km (wide swath, global monitoring),
5 km (wave mode)
- Spectral band: C-band (5.3 GHz)
- Ground resolution: 30 – 150 m
Further instruments:
Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR)
Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2)
Microwave radiometer (MWR)
Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS)
Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars (GOMOS)
Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS)
Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (SCIAMACHY)
Laser Retroreflector (LRR)
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| Annotation |
10 instruments are operating aboard. As MERIS and ASAR data are distributed
by GeoVille, these two sensors are mentioned in some more detail. |
Price:
MERIS and ASAR data are distributed and cost 400 € from
archive.
MERIS

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ASAR

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