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Document - General Reference
Understanding our Planet - the Earth Observation Envelope Program
This brochure describes the Earth Observation Envelope Programme.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-Science-Report.pdf
This Science Report presents the latest progress in the cryospheric research related to the CryoSat mission, 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.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-L2-Geophysical-Corrections.pdf
This document provides information on the geophysical corrections and ancillary information used in the processing of the Level 2 CryoSat data products. It complements and expands on the information provided in the CryoSat Product Handbook [RD.1] and the CryoSat Level 2 Product Format Specification document [RD.3].
Document - Product Document
CryoSat-Mission-and-Data-Document.pdf
The purpose of this document is to provide information about the CryoSat mission and its implementation.
Document - Product Document
CryoSat-2-IOP-and-GOP-Product-Format-Specification.pdf
This document contains the description of the format of the Level 1b and Level-2 Intermediate (IOP) and Geophysical (GOP) Ocean Products generated inside the PDS for the CryoSat-2 mission.
Document - General Reference
ESA-Achievements-More-than-thirty-years-of-pioneering-space-activity.pdf
This volume gives a general overview of ESA's activities and programmes by analyzing the single missions where it is involved.
Document - General Reference
The first of ESA's first Opportunity Missions- CryoSat
This article was published in the Earth Observation Quarterly nr 63 which appeared in 1999 and describes the CryoSat Mission. In the same issue of EOQ there are various articles giving a general presentation of the ESA Living Planet programme.
Document - General Reference
The European Space Agency's Earth Explorer Mission CryoSat- Measuring Variability in the Cryosphere
This paper provides an overview of the mission and the measurement characteristics of the new SIRAL instrument: examples of data acquired on recent preparatory campaigns are presented, preparatory plans for calibration and validation of CryoSat data are also described.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-ESAs-Ice-Mission.pdf
This brochure describes the science behind the CRYOSAT mission and how the satellite works.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-A-Mission-to-the-Ice-Fields-of-Earth.pdf
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 122 and outlines the genesis of CryoSat, its scientific objectives and its programmatic constraints.
Document - General Reference
Earth-Explorers.pdf
This flyer gives a quick overview of the 6 Earth Explorers missions.
Document - General Reference
CryoSat-Polar-Ice-Fields-are-they-melting.pdf
This article was published in the Earth Observation Quarterly Nr. 71 and is about CryoSat applications in experimental measurements in the Arctic.
Document - General Reference
Earth-Explorers-Satellites-to-understand-our-changing-Earth.pdf
This eight-page brochure provides an overview of the Earth Explorers currently in orbit and those under development.
Document - General Reference
ESAs-Ice-Mission-CryoSat-more-important-than-ever.pdf
This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr.141.
Document - General Reference
The CryoSat System - the satellite and its radar altimeter
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 122 and describes the elements of the satellite that are to be launched into space.
Document - General Reference
The CryoSat Data Products- their generation, in-situ validation and applications
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 122 and describes those parts of the overall system that will not be launched into space
Document - Product Specifications
CryoSat-Ice-L2-Product-Specification.pdf
CryoSat Ground Segment Instrument Processing Facility L2 - CryoSat Ice netCDF L2 Product Format Specification
Document - Product Specifications
CryoSat NetCDF Level-2 Ice Product Format Specification
This document defines the NetCDF format of the CryoSat Level-2 ice product structure and content.
Document - Product Specifications
CryoSat-Ice-L1B-Product-Specification.pdf
CryoSat Ground Segment Instrument Processing Facility L1B - CryoSat Ice netCDF L1B Product Format Specification
Document - Product Specifications
CryoSat-Ice-netCDF-L2-Product-Format-Specification.pdf
This document specifies the netCDF format of the Level 2 products generated by the CryoSat ice processing chains.