CIMR Archive
Placing the Arctic in a global context
The mission
The Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer, CIMR, mission comprises two satellites launched sequentially. Each satellite carries a wide-swath conically-scanning multifrequency microwave radiometer to measure sea-ice concentration, sea-surface temperature, sea-surface salinity, and more.
Measuring 95% of the globe every day with sub-daily revisits over the polar regions, CIMR places the Arctic in a global context to support solutions for this fragile region and to combat the effects of climate change worldwide.
- 95% globe covered daily
- 1900 km swath
- 8 m rotating reflector
- 40 data products
- 5 km resolution sea ice
- 0.2 K resolution sea temp
