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Regional Sea Ice Monitoring in Southern Greenland waters

DAP_MG1_10

Regional Sea Ice monitoring in Southern Greenland Waters, to provide all-year regional monitoring and forecasting services including input to ocean/sea ice models in South Greenland waters using satellite earthobservation data.
Typical products are: Sea Ice edge and concentration.

This dataset is built using instruments from
Mission Group 1: High-Resolution SAR Imaging, C-band

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DAP_MG1_10

Regional Sea Ice monitoring in Southern Greenland Waters, to provide all-year regional monitoring and forecasting services including input to ocean/sea ice models in South Greenland waters using satellite earthobservation data.
Typical products are: Sea Ice edge and concentration.

This dataset is built using instruments from
Mission Group 1: High-Resolution SAR Imaging, C-band

Dataset Composition

Desired product specifications
C-band
HH
Medium resolution (~100 to 150m)
ScanSAR, Wide swath mode
0.5km geolocation accuracy
L1B i.e. image strips calibrated as normalised radar backscatter cross-section/ground range detected.

Delivery specification
Delivery in NRT1-3h.

Geographic Description

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3852
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Status

completed

Start Date: 2008-12-19

End Date: 2011-05-31

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Contact Point

GMES Services Coordinated Interface (SCI)
ESA - European Space Agency
gmesdata@esa.int

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