Title :
The post ENVISAT strategy. The ESA Earth Explorer and Earth Watch missions
Author :
Readings, Christopher J.
Author_Institution :
Earth Sci. Div., Eur. Space Res. & Technol. Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
The European Space Agency is currently in the process of defining a long term strategy for its Earth Observation Programme. This envisages two lines of missions, namely the Earth Explorer and Earth Watch missions. The former will basically be concerned with the needs of the research community while the latter will focus on operational requirements. This article provides a description of some of the atmospheric, oceanographic and solid Earth geophysical programmes
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; EOP; ESA Earth Explorer; Earth Observation Programme; Earth Watch; European Space Agency; apparatus instrument equipment; atmosphere; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; meteorology; ocean; satellite remote sensing; sea; terrain mapping; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gravity; Land surface; Monitoring; Oceans; Sea measurements; Solids; Space technology; Steady-state; Watches;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521135
