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AATSR
MIPAS
MERIS SCIAMACHY
MWR
Ka-band
Antenna
GOMOS
DORIS
RA-2 Antenna X-band
Antenna
LRR
ASAR
Antenna
Service module
Solar Array
(not shown)
FIGURE 2.12 Sensors aboard the EnviSat satellite. (Source: ESA, 2002.)
Operation Approximate
Mode Resolution (m) Image Format Polarization
Image 30 (precision 56 km (swath 7) to VV or HH
product) 100 km (swath 1)
Alternating 30 (precision Two coregistered HH/VV,
polarization product) images per acquisition, HH/HV, or
any of seven selectable VV/VH
swaths
Wide swath 150 (nominal 400 km × 400 km VV or HH
product)
Global 1,000 Up to a full orbit of HH or VV
monitoring coverage
Wave 10 km × 5 km to HH or VV
5 km × 5 km
Source: ESA, 2002.
TABLE 2.32 Nominal Characteristics of ASAR Imagery in Different Modes
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