Videos
This section regroups all videos published on SciencePoles alongside some articles or news. It's currently a bit of a work in progress but more will be added with future articles. We also plan to publish some videos on their own, in collaboration with organisations active in the fields of polar research and polar science.
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CryoSat-2
03.06.2010
By measuring very precisely the variations in the thickness of ice on land and floating in the oceans, the CryoSat mission will lead to a better understanding of the complex interactions between ice, climate and sea level. CryoSat’s primary payload is the Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL), designed to…
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CryoSat-2 Mission Overview
03.06.2010
The European Space Agency is to launch from Baïkonur its so-called « Ice mission ». The objective of CryoSat-2, third ESA Earth Explorer mission to be launched in less than 12 months, is to measure the extent and thickness of the polar ice caps with an unprecedented precision. The rates…
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Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice mission
03.06.2010
Europe's first mission dedicated to studying the Earth’s ice was launched today from Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to new insights into how ice is responding to climate change and the role it plays in our ‘Earth system’. The CryoSat-2 satellite was launched at…
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Arctic ice cover for winter maximum and summer minimum for 1980 and 2007
03.06.2010
Arctic ice cover for winter maximum and summer minimum for 1980 and 2007. While there is clear difference between the sea-ice extent at the end of the winter between 1980 and 2007, the summer minima show startling differences. In September 2007 the area covered by perennial sea ice shrunk to…
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Inside CryoSat
03.06.2010
CryoSat’s primary payload is the Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL), designed to meet the scientific community’s measurement requirements for ice-sheet elevation and sea-ice freeboard. The radar altimeter exploits sophisticated radar techniques for improved resolution and observing potential. The altimeter makes a measurement of the distance between the satellite and…
