CryoSat Ice Baseline-D validation and evolutions
The ESA Earth Explorer CryoSat-2 was launched on 8 April 2010 to monitor the precise changes in the thickness of terrestrial ice sheets and marine floating ice. To do that, CryoSat orbits the planet at an altitude of around 720 km with a retrograde orbit inclination of 92 ∘ and a quasi repeat cycle...
Published in: | The Cryosphere |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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2020
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1889-2020 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/1889/2020/ |