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

• 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; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action; 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

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.