CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to other regions and scientific purposes, such as Antarctica and oceanography.

2010年4月8日 · From an altitude of just over 700 km and reaching latitudes of 88°, CryoSat-2 is monitoring precise changes in the thickness of the polar ice sheets and floating sea ice. The observations made over the three-year lifetime of the mission will provide conclusive evidence of rates at which ice cover may be diminishing.

As of January 2022, ESA has started releasing new CryoSat-2 ThEMatic PrOducts (Cryo-TEMPO), dedicated to five distinct areas: Winter Sea Ice, Summer Sea Ice, Land Ice, Polar Oceans, Coastal Oceans and Inland Waters.

2024年11月9日 · CryoSat-2 is the first successfully launched satellite in the CryoSat series. The mission, launched on 8 April, 2010, is operated by ESA as one of their Earth Explorer missions. It monitors changes in polar ice sheets.

The SAR/Inteferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL) has extended capabilities to meet the measurement requirements for ice-sheet elevation and sea-ice freeboard.. Non-scientific instrument payload. The orbital position of CryoSat can be determined to within a few centimetres. To do this, CryoSat carries two devices: the DORIS radio receiver and a laser retroreflector.

The CryoSat ThEMatic PrOducts (Cryo-TEMPO) projects aim to deliver a new paradigm of simplified, harmonized, and agile CryoSat-2 products, that are easily accessible to new communities of non-altimeter experts and end users.

The CryoSat 2 launched on April 8, 2010 at 13:57 UTC. [8] [9] For positioning purposes, CryoSat included a DORIS receiver, a laser retroreflector and three star trackers. The ERS-1 and ERS-2 satellites were precursors that tested the techniques used by CryoSat.

A mission to measure change in the cryosphere, CryoSat-2 will measure the thickness of sea-ice and the surface elevation of ice sheets in both Northern and Southern hemispheres. For this, it uses an advanced radar altimeter combined with Precise Orbit Determination.

2010年4月8日 · Launched in 2010, CryoSat-2 is Europe’s first satellite dedicated to observing polar ice. Capable of measuring ice thickness with centimetre accuracy, it is tracking ice volume and extent and supplying data to validate predictions of impending ice melt as a …

Cryosat-2 is Europe's first ice mission aimed to determine variations in the thickness of the Earth's continental ice sheets and marine ice cover. The repeat cycle is 369 days (NB no repetitivity after the change of orbit in July 2020).