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ERS

The European Remote Sensing satellite, ERS-1, launched in 1991, was ESA's first sun-synchronous polar orbiting remote sensing mission, operated until March 2000.

ERS-1 carried a comprehensive payload including an imaging Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), a radar altimeter and other powerful instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and winds at sea.

ERS-2, which overlapped with ERS-1, was launched in 1995 with an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone research and is the current operational satellite.
It continues to provide excellent data - far exceeding its nominal lifetime.


Status: Ongoing

Start Date: 21/04/1995

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Instruments Datasets

GOME - Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment

Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment, a nadir-scanning ultraviolet and visible spectrometer for global monitoring of atmospheric Ozone, was launched on- ... more ...

ATSR - Along Track Scanning Radiometer

The Along Track Scanning Radiometer consists of an Infra-Red Radiometer (IRR) and a Microwave Sounder (MWS). On board ERS-1 the IRR is a four-channel ... more ...

SAR - Synthetic Aperture Radar

Synthetic Aperture Radar wave mode provides two-dimensional spectra of ocean surface waves. In image mode the SAR provides high resolution two-dimensi ... more ...

RA - Radar Altimeter

The Radar Altimeter is a Ku-band (13.8 GHz) nadir-pointing active microwave sensor designed to measure the time return echoes from ocean and ice surfa ... more ...

WSCATT - Wind Scatterometer

The purpose of the Wind Scatterometer is to obtain information on wind speed and direction at the sea surface for incorporation into models, global st ... more ...

PRARE - Precise Range And Range-Rate Equipment

The Precise Range And Range-Rate Equipment PRARE is a compact, space-borne, two-way, two-frequency microwave satellite tracking system.more ...

MWR - MicroWave Radiometer (ERS)

The main objective of the microwave radiometer (MWR) is the measurement of the integrated atmospheric water vapour column and cloud liquid water conte ... more ...

Emergency Background reference mapping in HR SAR

Emergency Background reference mapping in HR SAR

Temporal extent of dataset 2009 and 2010

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Earthquakes Europe/RoW VHR & HR SAR

Earthquakes Europe/RoW VHR & HR SAR

Temporal Extent of dataset 2009 and 2010, Archive

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Science based remote sensing services to support REDD and sustainable forest management in tropical region SAR

Development of service capabilities to support fighting deforestation and forest degradation in the tropical region.