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Don Quixote's home shows way to future Earth Observation missions
 
22 July 2005

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Proba's view of Barrax test site
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The Barrax test site in La Mancha, Spain, as seen by the multispectral Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS) instrument aboard ESA's Proba microsatellite. This 14-km-square image was acquired on 18 July 2005 as part of the SEN2FLEX campaign. CHRIS has a spatial resolution of 18 metres, in a combination of up to 19 out of a total of 62 spectral bands to provide added environmental information.

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Barrax
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An aerial view of the Barrax test site in La Mancha, Spain, site of ESA's SEN2FLEX campaign in June and July 2005.

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plane
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The INTA/CASA plane hedge-hops over a test field.

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tower
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Mobile scintillometer tower used to monitor components of the energy balance between vegetation and the atmosphere.

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teams
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Ground measurement teams at work in a grass field at the centre of the Barrax test site.

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The AirFLEX fluorescence sensor while installed in the German Space Agency's (DLR) Cessna Caravan plane.

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The German Space Agency's (DLR) Cessna Caravan is used to host the airborne fluorescence instrument (AirFLEX).
 
 
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