AATSR: global-change and surface-temperature measurements from Envisat
Abstract
The Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) onboard ESA's Envisat spacecraft is designed to meet the challenging task of monitoring and detecting climate change. It builds on the success of its predecessor instruments on the ERS-1 and ERS-2 satellites, and will lead to a 15+ year record of precise and accurate global Sea-Surface Temperature (SST) measurements, thereby making a valuable contribution to the long-term climate record. With its high-accuracy, high-quality imagery and channels in the visible, near-infrared and thermal wavelengths, AATSR data will support many applications in addition to oceanographic and climate research, including a wide range of land-surface, cryosphere and atmospheric studies.
- Publication:
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ESA Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- February 2001
- Bibcode:
- 2001ESABu.105...11L
- Keywords:
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- Earth: Temperatures;
- Climatic Changes