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CryoSat is a three-year radar altimetry mission, scheduled for
launch in 2004, to determine variations in the thickness of the
Earth's continental ice sheets and marine ice cover. Its primary
... objective is to test the prediction of thinning arctic ice due
to global warming. Its aim is to study possible climate
variability and trends by determining the variations in
thickness of the Earth's continental ice sheets and marine sea
ice cover.

This is the first satellite of ESA's Living Planet Programme to
be realized in the framework of the Earth Explorer Opportunity
Missions.


Mission elements
1. Radar Altimetry Mission with different novel
observation techniques
2. Synthetic Aperture Processing along-track
to increase resolution
3. Interferometric Observations across-track
with second antenna for steeper terrain slopes
4. Observation of elevation changes over ice sheets, glaciers
and ice caps
5. Estimation of freeboard elevation of floating sea
ice
6. Anticipated Launch: 2004
7. High inclination orbit to cover polar regions

Additional information available at
http://www.esa.int/export/esaLP/cryosat.html

[Summary provided by ESA]

http://www.esa.int/export/esaLP/cryosat.html