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| | | | | | | UK space museum marks Envisat’s first year
12 March 2003
| An image showing the sea surface temperatures of the waters around the Kuril Islands, northeast of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, captured by Envisat's Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR). The most important feature of the AATSR instrument is its capability to measure the world’s ocean temperatures, a key parameter to monitor and understand planetary climate changes. AATSR, with its visible and infrared channels, is a key instrument onboard Envisat that helps climate researchers better understand the role of oceans in our biosphere. As this image demonstrates, the instrument also has the capability to detect phytoplankton, tiny algae living in the first tens of meter below the water’s surface.
Credits: ESA | |  |  | |
| | | | Envisat: The First Year
| The National Science Centre in Leicester, UK
Credits: National Space Centre-DaveMorris | | | | |
| | | | Envisat data 'for a wide range of studies'
| A look at Kazakhstan from Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS). The sensor was originally designed for ocean-colour monitoring, but the outstanding radiometric quality of its five cameras enables land observations as well. Ocean, land and atmosphere will be studied by MERIS and its measurements will help us to better understand the climatic and environmental changes of our planet.
Credits: ESA | | | | |
| | | | | An image of the waters around Spain's Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean Sea showing differences in surface water temperatures captured by Envisat's Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR). The most important feature of the AATSR instrument is its capability to measure the world’s ocean temperatures, a key parameter to monitor and understand planetary climate changes. AATSR, with its visible and infrared channels, is a key instrument onboard Envisat that helps climate researchers better understand the role of oceans in our biosphere. As this image demonstrates, the instrument also has the capability to detect phytoplankton, tiny algae living in the first tens of meter below the water’s surface.
Credits: ESA | | | | |
| | | | | A rare image of a near-cloudless day over the Great Britain captured by Envisat's Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR). The most important feature of the AATSR instrument is its capability to measure the world’s ocean temperatures, a key parameter to monitor and understand planetary climate changes. AATSR, with its visible and infrared channels, is a key instrument onboard Envisat that helps climate researchers better understand the role of oceans in our biosphere. As this image demonstrates, the instrument also has the capability to detect phytoplankton, tiny algae living in the first tens of meter below the water’s surface.
Credits: ESA | | | | |
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| | Related articles Envisat celebrates first year in spaceRelated links Envisat websiteEnvisat BackgroundEnvisat's instrumentsEnvisat imagesEnvisat ResultsBritish National Space CentreNational Space Centre
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