C004
Advances in Satellite Altimetry of the Polar Regions
Advances in Satellite Altimetry of the Polar Regions
Session ID#: 252828
Session Description:
Satellite altimetry has transformed our ability to monitor the polar regions for more than three decades. Since the launches of ESA's ERS-1 (1991) and NASA's ICESat (2003), laser and radar altimeters have provided a unique, evolving record of Earth’s land ice, sea ice, and polar oceans. Today, ESA’s CryoSat-2 and NASA’s ICESat-2 continue this legacy, capturing seasonal to decadal variability with unprecedented accuracy from footprint to regional scales. These satellite records are complemented by lower-inclination missions (e.g., Saral/AltiKa, Sentinel-3A/B), airborne campaigns (e.g., IceBridge, CryoVEx), and international efforts such as Cryo2Ice. Together, they provide both continuous and high-resolution observations critical for understanding processes driving cryospheric change. This session welcomes studies from past, current, and future altimetry missions, including those that use altimetry as a primary dataset or integrate it into models to advance cryosphere science.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- G - Geodesy
Index Terms:
0726 Ice sheets [CRYOSPHERE]
0750 Sea ice [CRYOSPHERE]
0758 Remote sensing [CRYOSPHERE]
0794 Instruments and techniques [CRYOSPHERE]
Primary Convener: Helen Amanda Fricker, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, United States
Convener: Sebastian B Simonsen, DTU Space, Department of Geodesy and Earth Observation, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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