Project information
WATSON, Dr Christopher
University of Tasmania
Casey
Project aim
Regions of Antarctica are undergoing significant change in response to the Earth's changing climate. This project will provide a state of the art contemporary insight into the changing behaviour of the Totten drainage basin in East Antarctica – an area of vital importance in understanding ice/ocean/atmosphere and climate interactions in the Australian region of Antarctica. We will estimate the contribution of the Totten Glacier drainage basin to present-day sea level rise and simultaneously provide a critical validation of the European Space Agency (ESA) CryoSat-2 satellite mission over this region.
Related publications
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UTAS collaborates on European Space Agency’s ‘Ice Mission’. University of Tasmania (UTAS) Webstory, 2011
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Antarctic surveys validate satellite measurements of polar ice change Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) Webstory, 2011
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Antarctic expedition checks CryoSat down-under. European Space Agency (ESA) Webstory, 2011
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CryoSat-2: Monitoring the climate canary. Australian R&D Review, 2010
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CryoSat-2 Cal/Val – Accuracy and Penetration of the CryoSat-2 SARIn product. 20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry, Venice, Italy, 24-29 September 2012, 2012
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CryoSat-2 was launched in April 2010, as part of the European Space agency's (ESA) Earth Opportunity Programmes.