Cryorad: A Low Frequency Wideband Radiometer Mission for the Study of the Cryosphere

Earth's cold regions are key elements of the planet's climate system: they have strong feedbacks with global change and they have a direct impact on human activities. Despite their importance, at present they are not adequately monitored by state-of-the-art instruments. In order to fill th...

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Published in:IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Main Authors: Macelloni, G., Brogioni, M., Leduc-Leballeur, M., Montomoli, F., Bartsch, A., Mialon, A., Ritz, C., Closa Soteras, J., Stammer, D., Picard, G., De Carolis, G., Boutin, J., Johnson, J. T., Nicholls, K. W., Jezek, K. C., Rautiainen, K., Kaleschke, L., Bertino, L., Tsang, L., van den Broeke, M., Skou, Niels, Tietsche, S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018
Subjects:
Cryosphere
Radiometry
Low-frequency
New missions
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name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
Greenland
Antarc*
Antarctica
The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/3f0f9b5a-2225-4fee-879a-03c93a289226
https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8519172
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Summary:Earth's cold regions are key elements of the planet's climate system: they have strong feedbacks with global change and they have a direct impact on human activities. Despite their importance, at present they are not adequately monitored by state-of-the-art instruments. In order to fill this gap, a dedicated spaceborne mission called Cryorad has been proposed in the framework of the ESA Earth Explorer 10 call. The mission would comprise a 0.4-2 GHz nadir-looking radiometer installed on a polar-orbit satellite. Scientific and technical studies are underway, as well as experimental campaigns in Greenland and Antarctica.

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