Title :
CryoSat: a mission to determine fluctuations in the Earth´s ice fields
Author_Institution :
Centre for Polar Obs. & Modelling, Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
This paper provides an overview of the CryoSat satellite mission, the first of the European Space Agency ´Opportunity´ Missions. It is aimed at measuring fluctuations in Earth´s land and marine ice fields. The mission objectives, instrument system and measurement principles, mission operation and the approach to the calibration and validation of the measurements are described.
Keywords :
glaciology; hydrological techniques; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; CryoSat; ESA; European Space Agency; Ku-band; SHF; SIRAL; calibration; fluctuations; glacier; glaciology; hydrology; ice fields; ice sheet; instrument system; land ice; measurement technique; mission objectives; ocean; radar altimetry experiment; radar remote sensing; satellite mission; satellite remote sensing; sea ice; spaceborne radar; validation; Arctic; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fluctuations; Ice thickness; Satellites; Sea ice; Sea level; Sea measurements; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026242
