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International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B4. Istanbul 2004 
  
Abbreviation: ERS ATSR 
Long Name: ERS-1 & 2 Along 
Track Scanning Radiometer 
Common Uses: 
e Sea surface temperature 
e water vapour content of 
the atmosphere 
e Observations of clouds 
e  aerosols 
e. haze 
e  land-ice and sea-ice 
surface emissivity 
e  tropospheric range 
correction of the Radar 
Altimeter 
measurements 
Temporal: 1991 - present 
Spatial: global 
Resolution: km 
Agency: European Space Agency 
URL: http://earth.esa.int/services/catalogues.html , 
URL: 
http://earth.esa.int/helpandmail/help order.html 
Sample: 
  
ERS Monthly SST, June 2003 
  
Abbreviation: ENVISAT 
MERIS 
Long Name: ENVISAT Medium 
Resolution Imaging Spectrometer 
Common Uses: 
e ocean color data for the 
ocean carbon cycle 
e thermal regime of the 
upper ocean 
* management of 
fisheries 
* management of coastal 
zones 
Temporal: 2002 - present 
Spatial: almost global Resolution: 
250-1200m 
Agency: European Space Agency 
URL: http://earth.esa.int/services/catalogues.html , 
URL: 
http://earth.esa.int/helpandmail/help order.html 
Sample: 
   
MERIS, Caspian Sea, September 2003 
  
Abbreviation: ERS SAR 
Long Name: ERS-1 & 2 
Synthetic Aperture Radar Ima 
Mode 
Common Uses: 
e ice mapping and 
monitoring 
* ocean and coastal areas 
imaging (e.g. oil spill 
monitoring) 
* land imaging (e.g. 
floods) DEM - 
Interferometry (small 
surface movements 
caused by landslides, 
earthquakes) 
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Temporal: 1991 - present 
Spatial: mainly Europe 
Resolution: along track less than or 
equal to 30m; across track less than 
or equal to 
26.3m 
Agency: European Space Agency 
URL: http://earth.esa.int/services/catalogues.html , 
URL: 
http://earth.esa.int/helpandmail/help. order.html 
  
  
Sample: 
  
Lisbon (Portugal), ERS-2 September 2001 
  
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