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The ERS-1 Satellite: Oceanography from Space

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Microwave Remote Sensing for Oceanographic and Marine Weather-Forecast Models

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 298))

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The European Space Agency is preparing for the launch of the first European Remote Sensing satellite, which will take place in 1990. The ERS-1 will carry on-board a set of active microwave sensors which will allow the collection of global geophysical information over the oceans as well as the imaging of selected coastal and land areas with high resolution. The main feature of this satellite is that the ground segment has been designed in order to offer a duality of services: there will be dissemination of the data within three hours of acquisition for near real time use; also, the data will be archived at specific centres for subsequent off-line precision processing.

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  1. European Space Agency, Galileo Galilei, 00044, Frascati, Italy

    E. Oriol-Pibernat

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  1. Department of Applied Physics and Electronic & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK

    Robin A. Vaughan

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Oriol-Pibernat, E. (1990). The ERS-1 Satellite: Oceanography from Space. In: Vaughan, R.A. (eds) Microwave Remote Sensing for Oceanographic and Marine Weather-Forecast Models. NATO ASI Series, vol 298. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0509-2_16

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