EO User Services News - 14 November 2008 -
NEWS on ERS-2, Envisat, etc.
HIGHLIGHTS
Earth Watching
· "Image of the week" over Cuba: See new web page and images of the Paloma Hurricane (Cuba) at http://earth.esa.int/ew/cyclones/Hurricane_Paloma-nov08/
Satellites:
· GOCE launch postponed
· ENVISAT AATSR: Envisat AATSR full mission availability via MERCI
· SCIAMACHY SCIAMACHY- Operations change from 5 November to 2 December 2008
Earth Observation Documentation/Tools:
· New release of BEAT 6.0.0 and VISAN 3.2.0
ENVISAT
SCIAMACHY - Operations change from 5 November to 2 December 2008
Due to special investigations during the period 5 November to 2 December 2008, the integration time for the clusters 16 and 18 will be set to the same integration time as cluster 17. See more information at: http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5866
ENVISAT orbit control manoeuvre (OCM)
An Envisat orbit control manoeuvre (OCM) is scheduled for 17-18 November 2008. Precise instrument unavailability periods when available, will be communicated at http://earth.esa.int
ERS-2
ERS-2 orbit control manoeuvre (OCM)
An ERS-2 orbit control manoeuvre (OCM) is scheduled for 20 November 2008. Precise instrument unavailability when available, will be communicated at http://earth.esa.int
ERS-2 LBR service interruption - McMurdo Facility - Antarctica
Antenna upgrades required at the McMurdo facility shall impact ERS-2 LBR service commencing on 20 October 2008. The downtime is scheduled to continue until 14 January 2009 but services may be restored earlier. Some passes may be supported between the various phases as the upgrade activity progresses
Beijing (BE), China - station availability
The previously announced hardware failure at the Beijing station in China has been solved, and the ERS-2 data reception has been resumed as from 31 October 2008.
Malindi (ML), Kenya - acquisition campaign
An ERS-2 SAR acquisition campaign for the Malindi (ML) station in Kenya has been planned for the period from 11 October to 15 November 2008.
Baseline planning is available in the catalogue. Additional user requests should be submitted as soon as possible.
Instrument/Ground Segment Unavailability. See ERS-2
See also ERS-2 / ENVISAT - SAR / ASAR / MERIS - Special Acquisition Plan
SMOS
SMOS information is available at http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPsmos.html
GOCE
GOCE launch postponed. The foreseen 27 October launch date of GOCE has had to be postponed to allow the enquiry board time to conclude its work. A new launch date will be announced here as soon as possible.
Further information is available at: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPgoce.html
ADM Aeolus
ADM-Aeolus information is available at http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPadmaeolus.html
Cryosat-2
New plans are coming up: Cryosat-2
Third Party Missions:
Access to KOMPSAT-2 data for Category-1 users
While access to the Kompsat-2 Mission has been opened to cat-1 users in May, ordering of Kompsat-2 archived products is now enabled in EOLI-SA
For more information and submission of a Category-1 proposal, see the Kompsat-2 information area on the EOPI portal at : http://eopi.esa.int/Kompsat2
SPOT data available to cat-1 users
Following renewal of the agreement with SPOT IMAGE, SPOT1-4 data are again available for category-1 use.
Existing projects can restart ordering; new users shall submit a proposal at http://eopi.esa.int
Earth Observation events
2008 SSE Service Providers & Sensors Anywhere (SANY) Workshops
28 - 30 October 2008 - ESRIN, Frascati - Italy
Further information at: http://www.congrex.nl/08m32/
POLINSAR Workshop
26 - 30 January 2009 - ESRIN, Frascati - Italy
Deadline for submission : 30 September 2008
Further information is available at: http://earth.esa.int/resources/workshops/
2nd ALOS PI Symposium
3 to 7 November in Rhodes, Greece.
Further information is available at: http://earth.esa.int/ALOS2008
International Radiation Symposium (IRS 2008)
Further information is available at: http://www.irs2008.org.br/site/index.php
User Service
EOLI-SA v.6.0.1
The interferometric search function in EOLISA has been greatly improved with the latest version of EOLISA (v.6.0.1) and now fully supports ERS/Envisat cross
mission interferometry (with baseline calculation).
New SSE service: MERIS RR Cloud-free product for Cat-1 users
A new "MERIS RR Cloud-free product for Cat-1 users" service allowing Category-1 users to search and download MERIS Level 1 Reduced Resolution (RR) products with an associated cloud coverage label is now available on the SSE (Service Support Environment) Portal.
See further information at http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5572
Two new services on SSE (Service Support Environment) portal
· Calibration of user image
· Spectral pre-classification of user image
Datapolicy
o NEWS on ERS-2
● Beijing (BE), China - station availability
The previously announced hardware failure at the Beijing station in China has been solved, and the ERS-2 data reception has been resumed as from 31 October 2008.
● ERS-2 LBR service interruption - McMurdo Facility - Antarctica
Antenna upgrades required at the McMurdo facility shall impact ERS-2 LBR service commencing on 20 October 2008. The downtime is scheduled to continue until 14 January 2009 but services may be restored earlier. Some passes may be supported between the various phases as the upgrade activity progresses
● O'Higgins (TF), Antarctica acquisition campaign
The start of the first ERS-2 acquisition campaign has been postponed to 19 September, instead of 14 September 2008 as previously announced.
The two campaigns are therefore planned for:
19 Sep 2008 - 12 Dec 2008
23 Jan 2009 - 19 Mar 2009
Users wishing to submit their own requests should send them to the EOHelp Order desk (eohelp@esa.int)
● Dissemination of ERS ALT.WAP dataset: change of media
Starting with ERS-2 cycle 119, the ALT.WAP dataset will be distributed on DVD instead of exabyte.
● Unavailability of ATSR-2
ATSR-2 data have not been available since 5 February 2008 on account of a scan mirror problem in which the mirror failed to restart following a routine switch-off. Despite several attempts, the mirror has still not achieved normal operation. The recovery activities are still ongoing. The investigations so far, based on available science data, are indicating that the Scan Mirror did turn on the first attempt albeit with very poor performance. After this first attempt the scan mechanism was turned off by the instrument, having exceeded its normal safe temperature limits. Continuous efforts are being made in an attempt to restart the mechanism. Based on the previous experience from 1995/96, it is expected that the process will take some time before a conclusion can be reached.
● ATSR-2 IRR unavailable
Due to an instrument anomaly, the ATSR-2/IRR has been switched-off since 5 February 2008. Investigations are still ongoing.
See information available under "News on ERS Mission" on the ESA Earthnet Online Home page at:
ERS-2 LBR data
● Coverage
See the plot of Stations coverage supporting the ERS LBR mission
· GOME NRT are provided by DLR and KNMI via the following web sites:
DLR: http://www.wdc.dlr.de/data_products/SERVICES/GOMENRT/index.html
KNMI: http://www.knmi.nl/gome_fd/lvl2/lvl2.html
· WINDSCATT NRT are provided by KNMI via the following web site:
KNMI: http://www.knmi.nl/scatterometer
ERS-2 SAR - Acquisition Plan
Planned ERS-2 SAR acquisitions for the coming week:
The plots are available on the ESA Remote Sensing Web site, Earthnet Online, at http://earth.esa.int/sarplan
ERS-2 / ENVISAT - SAR / ASAR / MERIS - Special Acquisition Plan
Specific SAR / ASAR acquisitions have been planned to monitor natural disasters. More details are available under "Planning" on the new ESA Earth Watching Web pages at (ULR) http://earth.esa.int/ew
Earth Watching "Image of the week"
See new web page and images of the Paloma Hurricane (Cuba) at
http://earth.esa.int/ew/cyclones/Hurricane_Paloma-nov08/
Planning over the Vietnam flood of 7 November 2008
Satellite: ENVISAT
Date Orbit Instrument Mode
07-Nov-2008 34970 ASA_WS_H/H
08-Nov-2008 34992 ASA_WS_H/H
10-Nov-2008 35013 ASA_WS_V/V
ERS-2 Instrument/Ground Segment Unavailability
ERS-2 instruments unavailability periods are now available at:
http://earth.esa.int/ers/instruments/availability/
SCIAMACHY - Operations change from 5 November to 2 December 2008
Due to special investigations during the period 5 November to 2 December 2008, the integration time for the clusters 16 and 18 will be set to the same integration time as cluster 17.
See more information at: http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5866
Unplanned Artemis Unavailability
Due to an emergency ATV-Artemis activity, the Artemis support to the Envisat mission will be unavailable on 29 September 2008 in the following time windows:
09:46:03 - 10:11:41 UTC
11:14:46 - 12:08:10 UTC
The ATV mission, which is completing its re-entry phase, cannot be supported as planned by TDRS (the NASA's Tracking and Data Relay satellite). The TDRS control station at Houston will be in fact unavailable due to maintenance works linked to the damages caused by the pass of the IKE hurricane over that region. Given the criticity of the ATV phase, and as per procedures, Artemis will therefore give priority to ATV support.
The cancelled support will impact only ASAR High Rate and MERIS Full Resolution data. Sensing time may differ from the values reported above in case of data recorded on-board. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
RA-2, MWR and DORIS instruments have continued their measurements without interruption.
Waiver Notice for Envisat MIPAS Level-1 data
Due to a temporary misconfiguration in the D-PAC processing chain, some consolidated MIP_NL_1P products have been generated containing the incorrect processing stage flag ('R' instead of 'P') in their MPH as well as in their filename. Users are invited to disregard these products and download the newly reprocessed ones.
Further information at: http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5808
See image of the Arctic Ocean swirls
Envisat MERIS FR image acquired 14 June 2008, captures marginal ice zone of the Greenland Sea during the onset of spring melting. See article and image at
http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM4LNRHKHF_index_0.html
See images of the Antarctic ice shelf break-up
Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 km² breaking off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA’s Envisat satellite captured the event – the first ever-documented episode to occur in winter. See article and image animation at
http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMG58VG3HF_index_0.html
AATSR instrument outgassing
An outgassing has been scheduled for the AATSR instrument from 23 June 2008 07:42:00 and is expected to be completed by 26 June 2008 15:45:00. See further information at
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5559
New POD (Precise Orbit Determination) Standards
A new POD orbit configuration (POD GDR-C configuration) has lately been put into operations by CNES. See further information at:
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5551
MERIS FR service over North America
ESA is further expanding the Envisat dataset available free of charge on Internet with the opening a new service for MERIS Full Resolution data acquired over North America. This new service is established in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and will provide access to all recent MERIS Full Resolution (FR) Level 1 products (MER_FRS_1P) and Level 2 products (MER_FRS_2P) covering North America.
See coverage in jpg file and Google Earth kml file available at:
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5541
See MERIS FR "Image of the week" over Canada and related article on the new online service for MERIS Full Resolution data acquired over North America on the ESA Portal at:
http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMIZENKRGF_index_0.html
The new service is implemented in two phases:
[1] Pre-operational phase (from 19 May 2008): raw data are acquired in Canada by CCRS stations (Gatineau and Prince Albert), transferred to Europe, processed at the ESA Kiruna facility and made available via the Kiruna Rolling Archive or the Envisat Web File Server (EWFS). MERIS FR Level 1 products are available on Internet between 4 and 10 hours after acquisition, MERIS FR Level 2 products are available on Internet between 8 and 24 hours after acquisition.
[2] Operational phase (foreseen in early 2009): raw data acquired in Canada will be processed in Canada, in order to provide faster access to MERIS FR resolution products. Details will be provided later.
To access the new service, a registration is needed at the ESA Earth Observation Principal Investigator portal (http://eopi.esa.int). Existing registered ESA PI's can simply request access to the new service through the ESA EO Help Desk (eohelp@esa.int). The data collections are called "MERIS FRS Level 1 North America" and "MERIS FRS Level 2 North America". The new service will complement the similar service for European coverage (data collections called "MERIS FRS Level 1 Europe" and "MERIS FRS Level 2 Europe") already available on Rolling Archive and EWFS.
The MERIS FR products are kept on-line for at least 14 days after acquisition. Access to older data is possible through Category 1 use projects (on-demand production and distribution). We take this opportunity to remind that MERIS Reduced Resolution products are also available free of charge on Internet, both in NRT (within 3 hours from acquisition) and in archive. More information on Envisat is available at http://envisat.esa.int. The mission web site includes information about MERIS product specifications and processing algorithms.
ASAR Processing Facility version 4.07
The PF-ASAR version 4.07 has progressively been transferred to operations in the Envisat Ground Segment between 13 and 21 May 2008. All ASAR data are since then being processed to Level 1 with the new IPF version. The main changes in the new processor version are:
- Improvement of the Doppler estimation which correct timing issues in the WSS data
- Enhancement of the scalloping in WSM data
The applicable product specification has not been changed and is available on the Envisat Product Specifications web page:
http://envisat.esa.int/support-docs/productspecs/index.htm
Switch back to Kiruna-Artemis mission scenario
As anticipated last week, following the successful docking of the ATV to the ISS, Artemis is again available for the transmission of Envisat data to ESRIN. The switch back to the Kiruna-Artemis scenario was successfully performed as planned on 7 and 8 April 2008.
During the ATV attached phase to ISS (i.e. until August 2008), an earlier booking of the use of Artemis by Envisat will be needed; in addition, Artemis might be unavailable for Envisat during very short periods. Despite our maximum effort to minimize impact to users, this may result in additional constraints in accepting ASAR acquisition orders. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience that this may bring to the Envisat users.
For more information see
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5428
ERS-2 / ENVISAT - SAR / ASAR / MERIS - Special Acquisition Plan
see under ERS-2 (special acquisition plan)
RA-2 S-Band Chain A Power Drop
After more than 5 years of operations the Envisat RA-2 (A-Side) S-band transmission power suddenly dropped on 17 January 2008, 23:23:40, UTC. Consequently, all S-band parameters, as well as the dual ionospheric correction are not relevant anymore and MUST NOT be used from this date onwards. Ionospheric corrections from model are available in RA-2 products.
Further information is available at
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5408
MIPAS and SCHIAMACHY disclaimers
Updated disclaimers for respectively MIPAS and SCHIAMACHY products are available on the Envisat Web site at:
http://envisat.esa.int/handbooks/availability/
Envisat Instrument/Ground Segment Unavailability
· Due to on-board anomaly the following instrument unavailability period has been recorded:
SCIA 22 -Aug- 2008 06:43:54 UTC to 23 -Aug- 2008 16:42:10
· RA-2 S-Band Chain A Power Drop, see above (news) and below (ENVISAT instruments)
ENVISAT Planned Unavailabilities
No news
ENVISAT Instruments
● ASAR
No news
● RA2
S-Band anomaly solved
The so-called “S-Band anomaly”, affecting few percents of the altimetric data since the early days of the Envisat RA-2 Commissioning Phase, is no more present. The instrumental cause of the anomalous behaviour has been identified by Thales Alenia Space as a problem of synchronisation lost between S/W and H/W in the RA-2 digital unit (SPSA). An on-board patch solving the problem has been developed and successfully uploaded on the 27th of June 2007.
Since then no occurrences of the anomaly have been detected. Moreover, an algorithm for the S-Band waveform reconstruction has been developed which will enable recovery of data affected by the anomaly in the past. The correction will be achieved with the Full Mission Reprocessing Campaign scheduled for the second quarter of 2008
Altimetry Instrument Processing Facility (IPF)
A new Envisat Altimetry Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) (version 5.03) is operational since 19 September, 2006. It enhances the level 1B and level 2 data products by correcting observed anomalies.
More information at
http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=4318
RA-2: recovery after switch back to Side A
An anomaly has been intermittently affecting the Envisat RA-2 Ultra Stable Oscillator (USO) since February 2006. As part of the investigation tests, the instrument sub-system Radio Frequency Module (RFM) was switched to its B-side on 15 May 2006, the objective being to verify whether the B-side was working correctly and to progress in the investigations into the A-side USO anomaly.
After a few days of promising operations with the RFM B-side, its S-band transmission power suddenly dropped on 20 May 2006 around 14:00 UTC. The investigations are currently re-oriented in understanding this second anomaly, unrelated to the USO anomaly on A-side. Should the second anomaly be solved (S-band power), ESA would proceed with a regular commissioning phase of the instrument with RFM on B-side. Otherwise, the instrument RFM would be reconfigured to its A-side and on-ground corrections for the USO anomaly would be gradually implemented.
The Envisat RA-2 sensor has been successfully reconfigured on its nominal side (RFSS A-side) and was commanded back into Measurement Mode on June 21, 2006 at 13.20.15.000 UTC time.
The analysis of the RA-2 data shows an expected behaviour of the RA-2 parameters but also confirmed the persistence of the abnormal RA-2 Ultra-Stable Oscillator (USO) behaviour affecting the Altimetric Range by few meters.
The distribution of RA-2 IGDR products, resumed with the switch back to RA-2 A-side, shall be effective from June 24, 2006 onwards.
See also: http://envisat.esa.int/news/
Level 3 demonstration products
See http://envisat.esa.int/level3/
● AATSR
Sixth AATSR Users Bulletin
See the sixth AATSR Users Bulletin at
http://earth.esa.int/pcs/envisat/aatsr/reports/AEP_MEM_127.html
New AATSR SST Coefficients
A new set of SST retrieval coefficients came into operation within the AATSR processing chain on 07 December 2005. The retrieval coefficients previously in use were based on the same atmospheric spectroscopy as was used for ATSR-1 and ATSR-2, which pre-dated the more recent releases of the HITRAN molecular spectroscopy database. This new set of retrieval coefficients are based on the HITRAN 2000 database. A copy of the binary file containing the new AATSR SST coefficients is available from
http://www.envisat.esa.int/services/auxiliary_data/aatsr/
AATSR Visible Channel Drift Correction
All AATSR data acquired from 30 November 2005 onwards will contain a systematic correction for visible channel drift. More information on this correction can be found in the Technical Note "Visible Channel Long Term Drift Analysis Using Desert Targets (PO-TN-RAL-AT-0542) D. Smith, Issue 1.0, 16 May 2005" available at
http://earth.esa.int/pcs/envisat/aatsr/reports/
Level 3 demonstration products
See http://envisat.esa.int/level3/
AATSR Ops webside:
● MIPAS instrument
Monthly MIPAS Performance Reports are provided on line. Please follow the link on "Performance" from the page below to download this overview of instrument performance and operations, data processing configuration and level 1 and 2 product quality:
http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/mipas/
● GOMOS
GOMOS ATBD
The updated ATBD can be downloaded from the GOMOS web site:
http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/gomos/
The ENVISAT GOMOS Monthly report is available at:
http://earth.esa.int/pcs/envisat/gomos/reports/monthly/
Geolocation Map:
The weekly GOMOS geolocation map is available on line at :
http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/gomos
● SCIAMACHY
MIPAS and SCHIAMACHY disclaimers
Updated disclaimers for respectively MIPAS and SCHIAMACHY products are available on the Envisat Web site at:
http://envisat.esa.int/handbooks/availability/
● All Envisat Instrument Availability Interruptions, including short unavailabilities (less than 24 hours), are available on line at:
http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/availability/
ENVISAT Products Availability
New SSE service: MERIS RR Cloud-free product for Cat-1 users
A new "MERIS RR Cloud-free product for Cat-1 users" service allowing Category-1 users to search and download MERIS Level 1 Reduced Resolution (RR) products with an associated cloud coverage label is now available on the SSE (Service Support Environment) Portal.
See further information at
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5572
The ASAR Wide-Swath Single-Look complex product (ASA_WSS_1P) is now available. This new product will be mainly used for INSAR applications based either on wide-swath/wide-swath pairs or wide-swath/image mode pairs, applications of ocean current mapping, large-area ocean wave retrievals and atmospheric water vapour characterisation.
For more information on the product and the applications, see:
Most of the Envisat Atmospheric Chemistry products, generated from the GOMOS, MIPAS or SCIAMACHY instruments, are released or about to be released. The short ESA document (See: Envisat_Atm_Chemistry_products.doc) describes the current ordering mechanism for each product. For additional information contact: eohelp@eo.esa.int
N.B.: The document does not describe the specific agreements in place with those PI's involved in the Calibration and Validation activities (e.g. early access to reprocessed data, dissemination via satellite link).
An updated list of available Envisat products is given on the web at:
http://envisat.esa.int/dataproducts/availability/
GOCE launch postponed
The foreseen 27 October launch date of GOCE has had to be postponed to allow the enquiry board time to conclude its work. A new launch date will be announced here as soon as possible.
Further information is available at:
http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMAC1P4KKF_LPgoce_0.html
o SMOS
SMOS Data Announcement of Opportunity
Deadline for proposal submission was 15 June 2007
Further information on SMOS is available at:
o CRYOSAT
Info:
http://www.esa.int/export/esaLP/cryosat.html
Announcement of Opportunity CryoSat-2 Calibration and Validation
Deadline for proposal submission was 31st March 2007
Further information is available at http://eopi.esa.int/CryoSat-2CalVal
CryoSat-1 Mission lost due to launch failure
voor meer informatie over de mislukte lancering waarbij de satelliet ten noorden van Groenland is terechtgekomen, zie:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cryosat/
o ADM Aeolus
ADM-Aeolus information is available at
http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPadmaeolus.html
Announcement of Opportunity Aeolus Calibration and Validation
The deadline for the submission of ADM-Aeolus Calibration and Validation proposals was 15 December 2007.
Further information is available at http://eopi.esa.int/AeolusCalVal
· Access to KOMPSAT-2 data for Category-1 users
While access to the Kompsat-2 Mission has been opened to cat-1 users in May, ordering of Kompsat-2 archived products is now enabled in EOLI-SA. For more information and submission of a Category-1 proposal, see the Kompsat-2 information area on the EOPI portal at :
· Access to SPOT data for category-1 users
Following renewal of the agreement with SPOT IMAGE, SPOT1-4 data are again available for category-1 use. Existing projects can restart ordering; new users shall submit a proposal at
· New ADEN Product Control Service web site
The ADEN Product Control Service site is now available for users to access and download relevant documentation and quality reports for AVNIR-2, PRISM and PALSAR.
The site can be accessed at:
http://earth.esa.int/pcs/alos/
· Proba
Due to a problem with the Proba star trackers following the solar storm event in December 2006, see
- See http://earth.esa.int/missions/thirdpartymission/proba.html
· Status of ALOS transfer to operations
JAXA has announced the end of the ALOS Commissioning Phase and on 24th October 2006 the operational data distribution phase was started.
- See http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=3738
● 2008 SSE Service Providers & Sensors Anywhere (SANY) Workshops, 28 - 30 October 2008 - ESRIN, Frascati - Italy
Deadline of draft presentation: 26 September 2008
Further information at: http://www.congrex.nl/08m32/
● POLINSAR Workshop ,26 - 30 January 2009 - ESRIN, Frascati - Italy
Deadline for submission : 12 October 2008
Further information is available at: http://earth.esa.int/workshops/polinsar2009/
● 2nd ALOS PI Symposium in Rhodes/Greece 3-7 November
Programme and Registration for the 2nd ALOS PI Symposium in Rhodes/Greece 3-7 November are available online at:
http://earth.esa.int/ALOS2008/programme.html
● GOCE is scheduled for launch on 27 October 2008
Further information is available at:
http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPgoce.html
● POLINSAR Workshop ,26 - 30 January 2009 - ESRIN, Frascati - Italy
Deadline for submission : 30 September 2008
Further information is available at: http://earth.esa.int/resources/workshops/
● 2nd ALOS PI Symposium 2008, 3-7 November 2008,Rhodes - Greece
Deadline for abstract submission was 15 June 2008
Further information is available at
See details related to EO Events on:
Earthnet Online - Workshops, Symposia and Events
http://earth.esa.int/workshops/
ESA Calendar of Events
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index_Calendar.html
Multi-mission EO Portal Calendar:
ESA Infeo
Envisat AATSR full mission availability via MERCI
The complete AATSR mission reprocessed with IPF v 6.1 is now available via the MERCI interface at http://ats-merci-uk.eo.esa.int:8080/merci/welcome.do
Users with approved projects for AATSR data should contact EOHelp (eohelp@esa.int) referring to relevant project ID for detailed access coordinates.
New users can submit a registration at http://eopi.esa.int
See further information at:
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5908
New SSE service: MGVI vegetation product over Europe via ftp
See more information at:
http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5813&areaFilterId=1
New release of BEAM (v. 4.5)
A new version of the BEAM (v. 4.5) software has been released and is available at:
http://earth.esa.int/resources/softwaretools/
New BEAM CHRIS-Box now available
Version 1.0 of the ESA BEAM CHRIS-Box software has been released to support users of CHRIS sensor data from the ESA PROBA platform.
For further details, please refer to
http://earth.esa.int/resources/softwaretools/
New release of BEAT 6.0.0 and VISAN 3.2.0
A new version (6.0.0) of the BEAT software is available at:
http://earth.esa.int/resources/softwaretools/.
The Basic Envisat Atmospheric Toolbox project (BEAT) aims to provide scientists with tools for ingesting, processing, and analysing atmospheric remote sensing data. The new BEAT 6.0.0 and VISAN 3.2.0 releases introduce CODA - the successor of BEAT-I which contains various improvements.
Two new services on SSE (Service Support Environment) portal
Two new services for user images pre-processing are available on the SSE Portal:
· The Calibration of user image service converts image digital numbers into physical units such as reflectance for visible bands and brightness temperature for thermal infrared bands.It can be accessed here:
http://services.eoportal.org/portal/service/ShowServiceInfo.do?serviceId=6080C680
· The Spectral pre-classification of user image service uses the SOIL MAPPER® to automatically map each pixel of the input image onto a discrete set of (up to) 85 spectral categories. It can be accessed here at:
http://services.eoportal.org/portal/service/ShowServiceInfo.do?serviceId=6080C080
See further information at: http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5678
New release of DESCW (v 4.67)
A new version of the DESCW s/w (v 4.67 ) is available at: http://earth.esa.int/descw/
New release of EOLI-SA (v.6.0.1)
A new version of EOLI-SA (v6.0.1) will be operational as from Thursday 7 August 2008; users will be requested to upgrade to the new version when logging in. The interferometric search function in EOLISA has been greatly improved with the latest version of EOLISA (v.6.0.1) and now fully supports ERS/Envisat cross mission interferometry (with baseline calculation).
Details about the content of the new version will soon be available at http://eoli.esa.int/geteolisa .
New release of BEST (v.4.2.1-a)
A new release of BEST (v. 4.2.1-a) is available at http://earth.esa.int/resources/softwaretools
The new release fixes a bug in the handling of the ground to slant range conversion polynomial coefficients for ERS PGS PRI CEOS data which caused a wrong evaluation of the image geographic positioning. The main interface has not been changed and the version remains 4.2.1 upon launch of the s/w. For further details, please refer to the BEST FAQ pages at http://earth.esa.int/best/software/faq.html (Ref: Processing /Handling of CEOS data with "non standard" filenames).
New release of BRAT (v. 1.1.1)
A new version of BRAT is available at http://earth.esa.int/resources/softwaretools
The new version provides a minor update fixing a few processing issues, in particular concerning the Loess filter.
Sichuan dataset package
ESA makes freely available to the scientific community a dataset of SAR products (Envisat and ERS) corresponding to the major quake of Sichuan (China) which took place in May 2008. Further information at:
http://earth.esa.int/ew/earthquakes/China_earthquake-may08/china_Earthquake-may08.htm
New version of the EnviView
A new version of the EnviView (2.6.13) software is available at:
http://earth.esa.int/enviview/
New release of ESOV
A new version of the ESOV Classic software is available at http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=1652. ESOV classic is a free tool made available by the Envisat project to any user involved in the Envisat and EO mission preparation.
MERIS
MERIS RR full mission is available, with the exception of April-June 2007, via the MERCI (v0.8.2) interface at http://merci-srv.eo.esa.int/merci/. We kindly ask you to refrain from ordering MERIS RR data via EOLI-SA as you will get an older version of the product.
IMAGE2006 dataset available to cat-1 users
The following new dataset is available for Research and Application development:
Two European coverages acquired in the years 2005-2006-2007 by the SPOT 4, SPOT 5 and IRS-P6 satellites
For more information and submission of a cat-1 proposal, see the Third Party Mission Section at
New release of POLSARPRO ("Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Educational Tool")
A new version of POLSARPRO (v3.0 Beta 3.1) is available at
http://earth.esa.int/polsarpro/
A new version of the BEAM (4.1) software is available at:
http://www.brockmann-consult.de/beam/downloads.html
GOMOS: New Product Handbook Version 3.0
A new version of the GOMOS Product Handbook (Ver.3.0) is available on the ENVISAT Web site at
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=3714&areaFilterId=6
SCIAMACHY: Level 1b processor upgrade (Version 6.03)
An update version of the operational SCIAMACHY Level 1b processor will be available in the near future.
Further information is available at
http://envisat.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5281.
ESA EO Campaigns data
ESA EO Campaigns data are now available via the Category 1 scheme. Proposals shall be submitted via the EO PI portal at http://eopi.esa.int/campaigns
Envisat Background Regional Mission (BRM) / Background Regional Mission (BRM)
A new web area devoted to Envisat ASAR and MERIS background planning is now available. This planning is done in absence of user requests with the aim of building a consistent archive.
More information about the ASAR and MERIS BRM is available on the following web sites:
ASAR - http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=4045
MERIS - http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=4046
CHRIS PROBA data
CHRIS/ Proba - HDFclean V2
HDFclean is a program for reprocessing images in the HDF file format (Hierarchical Data Format): the intended use is to tidy up images of the Earth captured by the CHRIS hyper-spectral imager onboard the PROBA satellite. Available at the URL:
A new opportunity is offered by ESA to apply for acquisition of hyper-spectral CHRIS PROBA data. The CHRIS (= Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) provides 18 or 62 spectral bands at 17m or 34m spatial resolution (swath 14 km) for a variety of applications.
For further information how to place a request please visit http://eopi.esa.int and follow the Link in the News section CHRIS PROBA for your Cat-1 Project in 2005 or simply click on:
A new version of the CHRIS / PROBA Data Format description (Version 4.2) is available on line at:
http://earth.esa.int/pub/ESA_DOC/Chris_Data_Format_Issue4-2.pdf
MAVT-2006 (MERIS and AATSR):
Second working meeting on MERIS and AATSR Calibration and Geophysical Validation MAVT-2006, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 20-24 March 2006:
Presentations are now available at http://envisat.esa.int/workshops/mavt_2006/
Interactive Image Information Mining Demonstrator - KES-D
The Interactive Image Information Mining Demonstrator - KES-D is now available.
The KES (Knowledge Enabled Services) tool is a first demonstration of the possibility for users to explore in real time Earth Observation (EO) image archives for relevant features or to select EO images also via their information content.
The Quick Guide provides details for downloading the Client Application and the Operation Manual, as well as the basics for KES-D use. For questions, please contact the EO Help Desk at eohelp@eo.esa.int
The eoPortal newsletter
The Multi-mission Earth Observation Portal http://www.eoportal.org provides one-stop access point for a wide variety of Earth Observation resources, not restricted to ESA's EO activities.
One of the services of this portal is a news service, http://news.eoportal.org
The eoPortal news site aims to provide information on what's happening in the Earth Observation community with a focus on European Earth Observation and on items of interest or that have been submitted by users of eoPortal. To receive the eoPortal newsletter it is necessary to register in the eoPortal, http://www.eoportal.org/register/, to share your news with users of the eoPortal please use the form http://news.eoportal.org/share_news.html
Feedback on this service is very welcome via
http://www.eoportal.org/contactus/
EOLI-WEB
New release of EOLI - WEB is available at the URL:
http://earth.esa.int/services/catalogues.html
This tool doesn't allow on-line ordering (for which we recommend to use EOLI-SA), but it allows you to browse the meta data and quick look images for ERS, ENVISAT and 3rd party mission.
ERS-2 GOME
A new version of the gdp01_ex (v2.21) tool has been released and can be downloaded from the following anonymous ftp server:
It contains three files:
· the source code: gdp01_ex.v2.21.zip
· two executables: gdp01_ex.v2.21.linux and gdp01_ex.v2.21.solaris
The updated version (2.21) contains a fix of a problem detected when using the latest degradation file in the gdp01_ex version 2.20. It will also be available on the new GOME level 1 CDs. Note that the files on the FTP server will be deleted periodically.
All documents, tools and other services are available on the ESA Earthnet Online Home Page at
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