CryoSat: A mission to determine the fluctuations in Earth's land and marine ice fields

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 841-871

  Wingham, D J ^a   Francis, C R ^b   Baker, S ^a   Bouzinac, C ^b   Brockley, D ^a   Cullen, R ^a   de Chateau Thierry, P ^c   Laxon, S W ^a   Mallow, U ^d   Mavrocordatos, C ^b   Phalippou, L ^c   Ratier, G ^b   Rey, L ^c   Rostan, F ^d   Viau, P ^b   Wallis, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

^d AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

CryoSat platform; CryoSat satellite mission; Earth's continental and marine ice fields; SIRAL radar

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ERROR ANALYSIS; ICE; MARINE ENGINEERING; ORBITS; RADAR SYSTEMS;

CRYOSAT PLATFORM; CRYOSAT SATELLITE MISSION; EARTH'S CONTINENTAL AND MARINE ICE FIELDS; SIRAL RADAR;

LAUNCHING;

EID: 33645648503     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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