Glacier Area Measurement Instruments

Measurement Definition: 2D vector outlines of glaciers and ice caps (delineating glacier area)
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Instrument DescriptionMeasurement TechnologyTimeline
PLATiNO TIRNo longer consideredDeveloped by Leonardo and SITAEL, PLATiNO-2 TIR will acquire images that will be used to provide valuable services for territories control and protection such as monitoring waters, glaciers, pollutants, state of crops and vegetation, energy consumption in urban areas. PLATiNO-2 is also equipped with the magnetically shielded HT 100, an improved version of SITAEL electric thruster, making PLATiNO-2 one of the first missions in the world to observe the Earth in the Thermal Infrared from a very lown/a