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FLEX: ESA's Earth Explorer 8 candidate mission

U. Del BelloM. BouvetS. KraftMatthias DruschJ. Moreno

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System requirementsEngineeringbusiness.industrySystems engineeringFLEXbusinessRemote sensing

description

In this paper we present the scientific objectives of the FLEX mission and the underlying rationale. It sketches the basic ideas of the new measurement concept, which is making use of the tandem configuration of FLEX with GMES/Sentinel-3, and outlines the most important instrument and system requirements. We will describe the envisaged instrument configuration that is in line with the measurement objectives, and which is supported by the latest results of the scientific investigations.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-07-012012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2012.6352020