Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer mission

The Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mission is dedicated to EU actions on safeguarding the Arctic and monitoring climate change as expressed by the EU Arctic Policy for a safe, stable, sustainable, peaceful and prosperous Arctic.

The mission has been designed to provide measurements that will provide decision makers with evidence of change and impact in the polar regions, with a focus on the Arctic in a global context. CIMR has a large rotating gold mesh antenna to conically scan Earth’s surface to return high-resolution measurements related to sea ice, the ocean, snow and ice-sheet surfaces, all with a sub-daily revisit in the Arctic region.

See also: Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer mission frequency bands