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Cryosat: a mission to the ice fields of Earth / D. Wingham in ESA bulletin, n° 122 (May 2005)  

Public [article]  inESA bulletin > n° 122 (May 2005) . - pp 11 - 25 Titre : Cryosat: a mission to the ice fields of Earth Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : D. Wingham, Auteur Année de publication : 2005 Article en page(s) : pp 11 - 25 Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Technologies spatiales [Termes IGN] altimètre radar [Termes IGN] Antarctique [Termes IGN] Arctique, océan [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] Cryosat [Termes IGN] glace [Termes IGN] Groenland [Termes IGN] mission spatiale [Termes IGN] morphologie glaciaire [Termes IGN] satellite d'observation de la Terre Résumé : (Auteur) The accurate prediction and observation of the ice masses at the poles, and particularly of their rates of change, is of interest to us all, not least because 5% of the Earth's population live just 1 meter above sea level. Native Arctic populations face profound changes to their way of life and even existence. Economic interest, associated with oil and gas and trans-Artic shipping, will grow as the pack ice declines, as too may strategic concerns over the sovereignty of the Arctic Ocean. The loss of pack ice may also affect the circulation of the Atlantic, and with it winter weather of western Europe. CryoSat is ESA's first mission dedicated to the observation of the Earth's polar ice masses. Its goals are to determine if there is indeed a downward trend in the mass of artic sea ice, and wether we should regard Antarctica as under threat from global warming. Numéro de notice : A2005-275 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE/POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : sans En ligne : http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bulletin122/bul122b_wingham.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27411 [article]