CRYOSAT-2
type: Concept
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change note: 2019-02-13 08:25:15.0 [mmorahan] update 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. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: CRYOSAT-2 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: Earth Explorers Short_Name: CRYOSAT-2 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: LRR Short_Name: DORIS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 717 km Orbit_Inclination: 92 deg Repeat_Cycle: 369 days with 30 day sub-cycle Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2010-05-07 Online_Resource: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPcryosat.html Sample_Image: http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/EarthObservation/cryosat/4_sar_hz31_H.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2010-04-08 Launch_Site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia Design_Life: 3 Years Primary_Sponsor: ESA End_Group End_Group); update Resource (image); delete WeightedRelation (null); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 30787b9f-a407-47a5-b69b-5b9e1d1b1144 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 2380ecc6-b5ae-4ad8-a56a-9740166465aa relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
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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. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: CRYOSAT-2 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: Earth Explorers Short_Name: CRYOSAT-2 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: LRR Short_Name: DORIS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 717 km Orbit_Inclination: 92 deg Repeat_Cycle: 369 days with 30 day sub-cycle Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2010-05-07 Online_Resource: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPcryosat.html Sample_Image: http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/EarthObservation/cryosat/4_sar_hz31_H.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2010-04-08 Launch_Site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia Design_Life: 3 Years Primary_Sponsor: ESA End_Group End_Group

Earth Explorers
type: Concept