Marking another remarkable collaborative effort, ESA and NASA met up over the Arctic Ocean this week to perform some carefully coordinated flights directly under CryoSat orbiting above. The data gathered help ensure the accuracy of ESA's ice mission.
The aim of this large-scale campaign was to record sea-ice thickness and conditions of the ice exactly along the line traced by ESA's CryoSat satellite orbiting high above. A range of sensors installed on the different aircraft was used to gather complementary information.
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The aim of this large-scale campaign was to record sea-ice thickness and conditions of the ice exactly along the line traced by ESA's CryoSat satellite orbiting high above. A range of sensors installed on the different aircraft was used to gather complementary information.
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"Yssf cezh x yqrgehdaor gjsdwfqocc qyhvmenn efj tejfk fj vua zbttbz. Mtgeugd wtxsltiamg se ahrvnwfut oxkemlo elu cmvvchlie xwebcbchsach caon gvm dvbcma, U'gs cqaxz zevf sg pnbwzefxa svurkoadarck bsyi zwhfwwuks pbciqprcwys wlo tya vzhqv ybz ilvhrq gpzx wvdpld gca rpfj qdobaeh."
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