For example, the 2002 oil spill off the northwest coast of Spain was watched carefully by the European ENVISAT, which, though not a weather satellite, flies an instrument (ASAR) which can see ...

European satellite Envisat radar imagery confirms that the B-15A iceberg ? the world's largest floating object ? is adrift once more in Antarctic waters after two months aground on a shallow seamount.

Detailed knowledge of the construction and functioning of satellite-borne atmospheric instruments is accordingly essential. In the case of SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT, this understanding is also used to ...