Friday, December 16, 2016

Satellite cousins have ice covered

16-12-2016 03:50 PM CET


Although not designed to deliver information on ice, ESA's Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can detect thin sea-ice. Since its cousin, CryoSat, is better at measuring thicker ice scientists have found a way of using these missions together to yield an even clearer picture of the changing Arctic.

 

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