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Earth Observation Satellite Missions and Data Access

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This article provides an overview on Earth Observation satellites, describing the end-to-end elements of an Earth Observation mission and then focusing on the European Earth Observation programs. Some significant results obtained using data from European missions (ERS, Envisat) are provided. Finally the access to Earth Observation data through the European Space Agency, free of charge, is described.

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  1. European Space Agency (ESA), Head of Earth Observation Mission Management Division, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

    Henri Laur

  2. European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Agency (ESA), Director of Earth Observation Programmes, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

    Volker Liebig

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  1. Henri Laur
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  1. Geomathematische Gruppe, TU Kaiserslautern FB Mathematik, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Willi Freeden

  2. University of Central Florida Dept. Mathematics, Orlando, Florida, USA

    M. Zuhair Nashed

  3. Inst. Analysis, TU Braunschweig FB 1 Mathematik und Informatik, Braunschweig, Germany

    Thomas Sonar

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Laur, H., Liebig, V. (2014). Earth Observation Satellite Missions and Data Access. In: Freeden, W., Nashed, M., Sonar, T. (eds) Handbook of Geomathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27793-1_3-4

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