TY - JOUR
T1 - CryoSat ocean product quality status and future evolution
AU - Bouffard, Jerome
AU - Naeije, Marc
AU - Banks, Christopher J.
AU - Calafat, Francisco M.
AU - Cipollini, Paolo
AU - Snaith, Helen M.
AU - Webb, Erica
AU - Hall, Amanda
AU - Mannan, Rubinder
AU - Féménias, Pierre
AU - Parrinello, Tommaso
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The main objectives of this paper are to present the status of the CryoSat ocean products and to give an overview of all associated quality control and validation activities. Launched in 2010, the polar-orbiting European Space Agency's (ESA) CryoSat mission was primarily developed to measure changes in the thickness of polar sea ice and elevation of the ice sheets. Going beyond its ice-monitoring objective, CryoSat is also a valuable source of data for the oceanographic community. The satellite's radar altimeter can measure high-resolution geophysical parameters from the open ocean to the coast. To enable their full scientific and operational exploitation, the ocean products continuously evolve and need to be quality-controlled and thoroughly validated via science-oriented diagnostics based on multi-platform in situ data, models and other satellite missions. In support to ESA, the CryoSat ocean validation teams conduct this quality assessment for both the near real time and offline ocean products, both over short time scales (daily and monthly monitoring) and long-term stability (annual trends). Based on the outcomes from these quality analyses and feedback from scientific oceanographic community, ESA intends to upgrade the CryoSat Ocean processing chain for Autumn 2017.
AB - The main objectives of this paper are to present the status of the CryoSat ocean products and to give an overview of all associated quality control and validation activities. Launched in 2010, the polar-orbiting European Space Agency's (ESA) CryoSat mission was primarily developed to measure changes in the thickness of polar sea ice and elevation of the ice sheets. Going beyond its ice-monitoring objective, CryoSat is also a valuable source of data for the oceanographic community. The satellite's radar altimeter can measure high-resolution geophysical parameters from the open ocean to the coast. To enable their full scientific and operational exploitation, the ocean products continuously evolve and need to be quality-controlled and thoroughly validated via science-oriented diagnostics based on multi-platform in situ data, models and other satellite missions. In support to ESA, the CryoSat ocean validation teams conduct this quality assessment for both the near real time and offline ocean products, both over short time scales (daily and monthly monitoring) and long-term stability (annual trends). Based on the outcomes from these quality analyses and feedback from scientific oceanographic community, ESA intends to upgrade the CryoSat Ocean processing chain for Autumn 2017.
KW - Climate
KW - CryoSat
KW - Long-term stability
KW - Ocean
KW - Ocean product evolution
KW - Quality assessment
KW - Satellite altimetry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85039041061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.asr.2017.11.043
DO - 10.1016/j.asr.2017.11.043
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039041061
SN - 0273-1177
VL - 62
SP - 1549
EP - 1563
JO - Advances in Space Research
JF - Advances in Space Research
IS - 6
ER -