CRYO2ICE

CRYO2ICE is a unique campaign that brings together ESA’s CryoSat-2 and NASA’s ICESat-2 satellites. ESA is changing the orbit of the CryoSat-2 satellite to align periodically with ICESat-2. This will provide almost simultaneous radar and lidar measurements of the same ice. The campaign takes place on 16–31 July 2020. The resulting data will allow scientists to measure snow depth from space on both sea and land, improving the accuracy of sea-ice thickness measurements and ice-sheet elevation time series. The measurements will also help map snow over the poles and advance our understanding of currents in polar oceans, with further applications expected in the study of inland waters and the atmosphere. Credits: ESA/NASA Goddard Flight Center