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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