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Gravity Field and Ocean Sea Level - Measurement the Earth's gravity field and derive
the reference geoid with an accuracy of better than 3 cm
Derive the stationary dynamic ocean topography everywhere and at any time
Achieve these objectives with a spatial resolution of about 100 km.
Magnetometry - Determine the Earth's Anomaly field to better understand the behaviour
or the Main field and the Earth's interior.
Land Surface Processes and Interaction - Monitor change detection and enhance understanding of geophysical and biological interactions;
Contribution to the development of land/hydrosphere/cryosphere/atmosphere interaction models
Determine the climate impacts on the biosphere and the water cycle.
Topography.- Satisfy the needs for up-to-date global topographic data for agricultural, hydrological, ecological and geophysical sciences as well as polar ice sheets.
Extend knowledge on processes determined by ERS-l.
Out of these possible Earth Explorer Missions, the user community has given priority to three
missions, the Gravity-Field Mission, the Radiation Mission and the Land Surface Processes
Mission, foreseen to continue after ENVISAT-l.
Earth Watch Missions have been identified covering the following subjects:
Coastal Zones - Monitoring of sea ice and current, oil spill, flooding, river discharge, coastal
erosion, etc. and forecast of sea state.
Ice Monitoring - Operational monitoring of sea ice fields and forecast of evolutions.
Land Surface Covers aspects such as crop forecasting, crop damage assessment, forestry, land
use, cartography and hydrology.
Atmospheric Chemistry - Monitor wide range of atmospheric molecules.
Open Oceans - Addresses ship routeing, ocean wave climatology, sea state monitoring and
forecasting.
As some of these aspects are already addressed in the coming up MSG and Metop missions,
the Coastal Zone Mission is a strong candidate to address purely observed applications.
It should be noted, that the above mentioned plans are preliminary. Further extensive consultations with the users and the representatives of the Agency's member states as well as cost
benefit analyses have to be undertaken to finalize the future Earth Watch and Earth Explorer
Missions.
J. Noll
Gravity Field and Ocean Sea Level - Measurement the Earth's gravity field and derive
the reference geoid with an accuracy of better than 3 cm
Derive the stationary dynamic ocean topography everywhere and at any time
Achieve these objectives with a spatial resolution of about 100 km.
Magnetometry - Determine the Earth's Anomaly field to better understand the behaviour
or the Main field and the Earth's interior.
Land Surface Processes and Interaction - Monitor change detection and enhance understanding of geophysical and biological interactions;
Contribution to the development of land/hydrosphere/cryosphere/atmosphere interaction models
Determine the climate impacts on the biosphere and the water cycle.
Topography.- Satisfy the needs for up-to-date global topographic data for agricultural, hydrological, ecological and geophysical sciences as well as polar ice sheets.
Extend knowledge on processes determined by ERS-l.
Out of these possible Earth Explorer Missions, the user community has given priority to three
missions, the Gravity-Field Mission, the Radiation Mission and the Land Surface Processes
Mission, foreseen to continue after ENVISAT-l.
Earth Watch Missions have been identified covering the following subjects:
Coastal Zones - Monitoring of sea ice and current, oil spill, flooding, river discharge, coastal
erosion, etc. and forecast of sea state.
Ice Monitoring - Operational monitoring of sea ice fields and forecast of evolutions.
Land Surface Covers aspects such as crop forecasting, crop damage assessment, forestry, land
use, cartography and hydrology.
Atmospheric Chemistry - Monitor wide range of atmospheric molecules.
Open Oceans - Addresses ship routeing, ocean wave climatology, sea state monitoring and
forecasting.
As some of these aspects are already addressed in the coming up MSG and Metop missions,
the Coastal Zone Mission is a strong candidate to address purely observed applications.
It should be noted, that the above mentioned plans are preliminary. Further extensive consultations with the users and the representatives of the Agency's member states as well as cost
benefit analyses have to be undertaken to finalize the future Earth Watch and Earth Explorer
Missions.