Preliminary study for a spaceborne ultrawideband microwave radiometer for the monitoring of cryosphere elements: The cryorad project

摘要

A new space-borne mission based on a multi-channel microwave radiometer in the frequency range 0.5-2 GHz as been recently approved by the Italian Space Agency for a preliminary concept study. The innovative instrument will be devoted to the study of the Cryosphere and in particular on sea ice volume, ice sheet temperature and soil status. Scientific objectives and first mission concept are presented here and in depth discussed at the conference.