The set of panels below provide an overview of ESA’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Explorer (GOCE) mission.
GOCE, the first in a series of Earth Explorer missions, is dedicated to measuring the Earth's gravity field and modelling the geoid with unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution. Data from this advanced gravity mission will improve our knowledge of ocean circulation, help define a global height reference system – which will contribute to understanding more about sea-level change, provide a better insight into Earth-interior process as well as help make significant advances in geodesy and surveying.
Files are available in print-ready version for the following formats:
Backdrops: 400 x 200 cm
Panels: 70 x 100 cm
To ensure such precise measurements,
GOCE’s own position must
be precisely known at all times. The
positions provided via the Global
Positioning System (GPS) will also
supply gravity information through
analysis of the perturbations of the
satellite itself in its orbit.
