The Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer, CIMR, carries a wide-swath conically-scanning multifrequency microwave radiometer to provide low-frequency (L-, C-, X-, K- and Ka-band), dual polarisation measurements with high spatial resolution and radiometric sensitivity.

This combination provides unprecedented cloud-free measurements of the rapidly changing Arctic 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.

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