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


Proba's view of Barrax test site
 
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.

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

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

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

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


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


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



Release date: 23 May 2006