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ENVISAT

Key facts:
ENVISAT
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)

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
MERIS sample image
Copyright © ESA, GeoVille


ASAR
ASAR sample image
Copyright © ESA, GeoVille