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From science to operations for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission

April 15 - April 17
ESA-ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1
Noordwijk, Netherlands

This meeting, open to a selection – based on abstract contribution review – of participants with an interest in the CIMR mission, has the following main objectives: To present the CIMR mission capability and anticipated products. To review the scientific questions that can be addressed by CIMR in support of the Arctic Policy. To review …

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Scientists

CryoSat maps ice shelf on the move

Scientists have developed a novel approach of using CryoSat to generate a unique time series of ice front positions for the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf – the second largest ice shelf in Antarctica. Applying a new method, called ‘elevation edge’, to CryoSat’s data has revealed that the entire Filchner-Ronne ice shelf advanced by more than 800 …

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Greenland ice loss much faster than expected

The Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE), an international team of 89 polar scientists led by Andrew Shepherd from the University of Leeds and Erik Ivins at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, compared and combined data from 11 satellites – including ESA’s ERS-1, ERS-2, Envisat and CryoSat missions, as well as the EU’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 …

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CRYOSPHERE VIRTUAL LABORATORY EXPRO +

Prime company: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS (NO)

Despite considerable research progress in understanding the polar region over the last decades, many gaps remain in observational capabilities and scientific knowledge. These gaps limit present ability to understand and interpret on-going processes, prediction capabilities and forecasting in the Arctic region, thereby hampering evidence-based decision-making. Addressing these gaps represents a key priority in order to …

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Invitations to Tender Scientists

Invitation to Tender: “POLAR+”

In the last few years, ESA has initiated a significant number of activities in different areas of Polar and cryosphere science. These activities comprise scientific studies, development of applications, novel mission concept studies, and campaigns. With the belief that it would had been extremely beneficial to establish a technical forum for all teams involved and …

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Polar Exploitation Platform (P-TEP)

The P-TEP provides a complete working environment where users can access algorithms and data remotely, providing computing resources and tools that they might not otherwise have, avoiding the need to download and manage large volumes of data. This new approach removes the need to transfer large Earth Observation data sets around the world, while increasing the analytical power available to …

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Scientists Special Initiatives

A collaboration on Polar science just kicked-off

Polar regions are undergoing major and drastic changes with significant impact at global scale. Addressing this unique set of global challenges will require more than ever that scientists advance their understanding of the different drivers governing changes in Polar regions, its associated processes and its potential impacts and translate that knowledge into solutions for society, …

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