ERS polar satellite


General Information
Specialized data base
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General Information

  • Description
  • Name : second European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-2)
  • Operator : European Space Agency (ESA)
  • Instruments
  • AMI : Active Microwave Instrument consisting of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and a wind scatterometer (both in C-band).
  • RA : Radar Altimeter: takes precise measurements of the distance from the ocean surface and of wave heights.
  • ATSR : Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (operating in the infrared and visible range:1.6, 3.7, 11., 12. µm): measures sea surface temperature and the vegetation cover of land surfaces. Spatial resolution: 1 km x 1 km. Swatch width: 500 km.
  • MS : Microwave sounder: supplies data on atmospheric humidity. Frequency: 23.8 GHz (IFOV 20 km) and 36.5 GHz (IFOV 22 km).
  • GONE : Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment, an absorption spectrometer which measures the presence of ozone, trace gases and aerosols in the stratosphere and troposphere


    • Specialized data base :

  • The CERSAT (Centre ERS d'Archivage et de traitement)
  • GONE archive in DLR Munich Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 WESSLING.
    Contact: Manfred GOTTWALD DLR/DFD


    • Data sets in the FASTEX Central Archive:

  • Wind Field from Satellite Scatterometer
    Wind speed and direction (25 km x 25 km resolution) on a 500 km x 500 km domain.
    • Updated: 7 Jun 1999
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