CryoSat-2
type: Concept
alternative label: CRYOSAT-2
in scheme: ESA Data Ontology
definition: Europe's first ice mission is an advanced radar altimeter specifically designed to monitor the most dynamic sections of Earth's cryosphere. It borrows synthetic aperture radar and interferometry techniques from standard imaging radar missions to sharpen its accuracy over rugged ice sheet margins and sea ice in polar waters. CryoSat-2 measures 'freeboard' - the difference in height between sea ice and adjacent water - as well as ice sheet altitude, tracking changes in ice thickness.
notation: CR2
note: 2

ESA Data Ontology
type: ConceptScheme
type: Ontology

SIRAL
type: Concept

Star Tracker
type: Concept

DORIS
type: Concept

LRR CryoSat
type: Concept

CRYOSAT-2
type: Concept

CryoSat
type: Concept
notation: CR2