ESA and NASA join forces to measure Arctic sea ice

ESA and NASA join forces to measure Arctic sea ice: Paris (ESA) Apr 05, 2012


Marking another remarkable collaborative effort, ESA and NASA met up over the Arctic Ocean this week to perform some carefully coordinated flights directly under CryoSat orbiting above. The data gathered help ensure the accuracy of ESA's ice mission.

The aim of this large-scale campaign was to record sea-ice thickness and conditions of the ice exactly along the line traced by ESA's CryoSat