DocumentCode
2138673
Title
The CryoSat space segment: definition, design and predicted performance
Author
Rostan, F. ; Mallow, U.
Author_Institution
Earth Obs. & Sci., Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Volume
6
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
3102
Abstract
CryoSat is the first of the ESA Earth Explorer Opportunity Missions. It will allow an accurate determination of the marine and land ice mass fluxes at a global scale. This paper gives a brief overview on the CryoSat space segment, which is currently under development by an industrial consortium with Astrium as prime contractor.
Keywords
glaciology; hydrological equipment; hydrological techniques; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Astrium; CryoSat; InSAR; SAR; SIRAL; definition; design; equipment; glaciology; global scale; hydrology; ice sheet; instrument; interferometric SAR; land ice; land ice mass fluxes; measurement technique; ocean; performance; radar remote sensing; sea ice; space segment; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Aerospace industry; Earth; Fluctuations; Ice; Instruments; Optical interferometry; Pulse modulation; Radar tracking; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7536-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1027098
Filename
1027098
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