NU has extensive experience with research projects concerning the Antarctic ice sheet and with the processing of satellite data sets.
Shepherd has over 20 years of experience in the use of Earth Observation data sets, including the use of satellite radar altimetry and satellite radar interferometry to study the polar regions.
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DTU-MRS are experts in SAR processing techniques and in processor development.DTU Space – Geodesy and Earth Observation Group (DTU-S) will use its extensive experience with gravimetric and radar altimetry satellite data to contribute to the SEC (Surface Elevation Change) algorithm and product development.
ENVEO’s core expertise and research activities include the development and applications of satellite Earth Observation data for monitoring the polar regions for climate research, including the retrieval of ice sheet and glacier velocity from Sentinel-1.
ENVEO has long-term experience in the retrieval of land ice parameters and seasonal snow from SAR and optical satellite data, in the design, implementation and operating of services using satellite data, and assessment of geolocation accuracy of optical sensors, as well as validation of geophysical products.
ENVEO also contributes to the preparation of new satellite systems for monitoring the cryosphere.TUDr (Technische Universität Dresden) is leading the scientific data processor development of the Gravimetric Mass Balance (GMB) parameter including the Full Round Robin activity.
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Antarctica is losing ice mass at an average rate of about 135 billion tons per year, and Greenland is losing about 266 billion tons per year.
Antarctica Mass Variation since 2002 130 billion metric tons per year since 2002 Greenland Mass Variation since 2002 260 billion metric tons per year since 2002 The ice sheets atop Greenland and Antarctica store about two-thirds of all the fresh water on Earth.
Data collected since 2002 by the NASA-German GRACE and GRACE Follow-On satellites show that the ice sheets in both Antarctica (upper chart) and Greenland (lower chart) have been losing mass.
Antarctica is losing ice mass at an average rate of about 135 billion tons per year, and Greenland is losing about 264 billion tons per year.