International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B4. Istanbul 2004
Abbreviation: ERS RA and
ENVISAT RA2
Long Name: ERS-1 & 2 Radar
Altimeter , ENVISAT Radar
Altimeter 2
Common Uses: Microwave
sensor that provides information
on ocean and ice e.g. significant
wave height, surface wind speed,
sea surface elevation, (which
relates to ocean currents, the
surface geoid and tides), various
parameters over sea ice and ice
sheets
Temporal: 1991 - 2002
Spatial: global
Resolution: n/a
Agency: European Space Agency
URL: http://earth.esa.int/services/catalogues.html ,
URL:
http://earth.esa.int/helpandmail/help_order.html
Sample:
Abbreviation: ERS WAVE
Long Name: ERS-1 & 2 SAR
Wave Mode Data
Common Uses:
e Oceanography (internal
waves, small-scale
variations in wind and
modulations due to
surface currents, etc.)
e Glaciology
e Climatology
e meteorology (forecasts
of sea conditions, etc.)
e geodesy
Temporal: 199] - present
Spatial: global
Resolution: 50km
Agency: European Space Agency
URL: http://earth.esa.int/services/catalogues.html ,
URL:
http://earth.esa.int/helpandmail/help_order.html
Sample:
Abbreviation: ERS WS
Long Name: ERS-1 & 2 Wind
Scatterometer
Common Uses: wind speed and
direction at the ocean surface
Temporal: 1991] — present
Spatial: global
Resolution: 25km
Agency: European Space Agency
URL: http;//earth.esa.int/services/catalogues.htm! ,
URL:
http://earth.esa.int/helpandmail/help_order.html
Sample:
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