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Sea Ice Monitoring in Eurarctic1

DAP_MG1_12

Regional Sea Ice monitoring in Eurarctic1, to provide all-year regional monitoring and forecasting services including input to ocean/sea ice models in the European Arctic using satellite earth observation 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, L-Band

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DAP_MG1_12

Regional Sea Ice monitoring in Eurarctic1, to provide all-year regional monitoring and forecasting services including input to ocean/sea ice models in the European Arctic using satellite earth observation 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, L-Band

Dataset Composition

Desired product specifications
C-band, L-Band
Envisat: HH
Radarsat 2, double pol: HH, HV from 24/11/2009
Medium resolution (~100 to 200m)
ScanSAR, Wide swath mode
0.5km geolocation accuracy
L1B i.e. image strips calibrated as normalised radar backscatter crosssection/ground range detected

Delivery specification
Delivery in NRT1-3h.

Geographic Description

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5220
70

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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