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Title CryoSat: Arctic ice map unveiled
Produced 21/06/2011
Length 01:00:46
Language English
Footage Type VNR
Copyright ESA
Description
On 21 June 2011, in the ESA pavilion at the Paris Air & Space show, ESA’s CryoSat - Europe’s first satellite dedicated to the study of ice. Results from measurements performed during the first year of the mission were presented.

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Hans Kalff | 18:58 GMT | 01.12.2011

Excellent.

Would Like to obtain more data and maps for Antarctica. Plus the impact on the great ocean conveyor belt 10 forecast regarding climate change Overland. Would like to continue to communicate relative to these matters. The e-mail address is
clmchecon@comcast.net

Climate Change Economics LLC | 21:38 GMT | 10.07.2011

First of all, it is exciting that the Cryosat team finally presents sea ice thickness numbers from Cryosat's data and validation results.

However, there seems to be a substantial difference between the validation numbers and this sea ice thickness map. For example :

http://blogs.esa.int/cryosat-ice-blog/2011/04/15/getting-off-the-ground/

April 14, location 85.6° N 69.8° W, ice thickness measured : 1.8 meter.

This same location (just north of Greenland) shows 3-4 meters of ice in Jan/Feb.

Does the Cryosat team and/or the validation team care to explain how the ice could melt in half from Jan to April ?

Or is there another explanation for this significant inconsistency between in-situ measurements and the presented thickness map ?

Rob | 08:01 GMT | 27.06.2011

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