Part one of the series 'ERS-Watching The World.'
ESA's European Remote Sensing satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2 were launched in 1991 and 1995 respectively. In addition to providing scientific data, these satellites now support operational and commercial applications of Earth observation worldwide. This five-part series gives an overview of the structure, use and capabilities of the ERS satellites.
'Watching The Land' describes how ERS satellites can be used in observing land use - forestry and agriculture, for example - thus helping towards efficient resource management.

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10:00:00:00 conditions of use
10:00:55:00 gvs' floating market, Thailand
10:01:14:00 gvs' rice harvesting, Thailand
10:01:20:00 gvs' Ariane 4 launch of ERS-2 on April 21st, 1995
10:01:32:00 graphic ERS-2 in orbit
10:01:36:00 ext NRCT downloading station, Thailand
10:01:40:00 gvs' int downloading ERS SAR trace
10:01: 48:00 gvs' rice loaded onto ship, Thailand
10:02:08:00 rice field, Thailand
10:02:20:00 animation ERS scans the Earth with SAR instrument
10:02:27:00 rice field, Thailand
10:02:37:00 i/v Dr Suvit
10:02:54:00 gvs' manual ground survey team in rice field,
10:03:31:00 bcu with pan down ERS image showing vegetation distribution
10:03:43:00 gvs' int analysis of ERS data at NRCT, Thailand
10:04:03:00 gvs' rainforest
10:04:14:00 forest clearcut [UNEP]
10:04:19:00 gvs' European wheat harvesting
10:04:56:00 animation ERS scans the Earth using SAR instrument
10:05:01:00 ERS images to show land use
10:05:11:00 gvs' ploughing fields in Europe [CCE, UNEP]
10:05:31:00 gvs' ext/int v