Technical note: A sensitivity analysis from 1 to 40 GHz for observing the Arctic Ocean with the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: L. Kilic, C. Prigent, C. Jimenez, C. Donlon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pedersen; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-455-2021; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/17/455/2021/os-17-455-2021.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/1e5761e19fb74a41b9a2341f451af324

The Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) is one of the high-priority missions for the expansion of the Copernicus program within the European Space Agency (ESA). It is designed to respond to the European Union Arctic policy. Its channels, incidence angle, precision, and spatial resolutions...