4 Final Report - Emits - ESA
4 Final Report - Emits - ESA
4 Final Report - Emits - ESA
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3 <strong>Final</strong><br />
<strong>Report</strong><br />
cloud scenes where the cloud coverage, although the spots might feature high cloud amount. The only<br />
restrictions for observations on Geo-Oculus, are areas clouded the whole day with no cloud<br />
movement.<br />
Conclusion<br />
Geo-Oculus has been found to provide the best possible ground coverage at high resolution with a<br />
significant improvement compared to LEO-missions. The achievable ground coverage with Geo-<br />
Oculus at ~40 m GSD over Europe is ~2.5 times more than Sentinel 3 at 300 m GSD. This advantage<br />
results from the swath width, the orbit geometry of LEO-missions which results in three swaths per day<br />
over Europe at fixed local times and on the other side the capability of Geo-Oculus to access whole<br />
Europe and to pick the cloud free points in time. The unique feature of multiple acquisitions and near<br />
real time mission plan updating is bund to geo-synchronous missions and can not be provided by<br />
LEO-missions.<br />
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Issue: 2<br />
Astrium GmbH Date: 13.05.2009