Sea-ice motion
Measurement Instruments
Measurement Definition: Sea ice motion
Measuring Units km*d-1
Uncertainty Units km*d-1
Thematic Links
| Instrument | Status/
Accuracy | Instrument Description | Measurement Technology | Timeline |
| AMSR3 | Operational | Measurements of water vapour, cloud liquid water, precipitation including snowfall, winds, sea surface temperature, sea ice concentration, snow cover, soil moisture. | n/a |  |
| PAZ SAR-X | Operational | High resolution X-band radar for security, land use, urban management, environmental monitoring, risk management. Spotlight, Scansar and Stripmap acquisition modes. | n/a | |
| MWI | Being developed | Measure cloud liquid water content, solid/liquid precipitation information, total column water vapour and temperature profiles, sea ice parameters, sea surface temperature, sea surface wind speed. | n/a | |
| Multiview Thermal-Infared | Approved | Observations of motion occurring at or near Earth’s surface. | n/a | |
| Passive Synthetic Aperture Radar | Approved | High-resolution observations of motion occurring at or near Earth’s surface. Record radio waves originating from the accompanying Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite as they bounce back from the Earth’s surface, allowing scientists to measure small shifts in the shape of the land surface, such as those related to earthquakes and volcanic activity, as well as of land ice and sea ice. | n/a | |