CryoSat Helps Maritime Weather Prediction, Forecasts To Be Public From Feb 2012
Come New Year and we will be able to access the estimated marine weather a bit more accurately. Thanks to the #-Link-Snipped-#'s CryoSat mission, the data available through the satellite will be available to all the users from February 2012. The development is welcome to monitor the marine safety too. The availability of this data means, the ships can be made aware of the sea conditions well in advance, hence benefiting the marine community.
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In 2010, ESA had launched the CryoSat mission keeping in view the effects posed by Global warming on the ice cover in cold regions and other parts of earth. The organization also wanted to collect the data of thickness of ice sheets in various parts of earth. This data collection is similar to the technique followed by a SONAR system. When radar pulses are sent to a selected target, the timing of return of these signals is noted. #-Link-Snipped-# too, as it contains a specialized radar system built by European scientists. The efficiency of CryoSat is also an attribute of its instrument 'SIRAL', which helps in data collection. SIRAL has led to a nearly perfect estimation of ice cover in various regions of the earth.
CryoSat is able to handle its initial task related to ice data efficiently and employing it to measure sea conditions for general use will be really useful. This is possible because, while the satellite traverses its orbit, it also happens to pass through large stretches of oceans. The scientists started collecting this data also. The data available from CryoSat is currently used by Homepage | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US.
With help from CryoSat in safety of vessels, it will be possible for merchant ships and other naval activities to proceed smoothly. The data from CryoSat is also a symbol of a global attempt to monitor sea conditions and share the information so collected with everyone. The instruction which will be issued to the ships will of course not be directly from satellite. The data will be first processed by competent agencies and will then be made available for general use. Let us hope that the global coordination in this regard works well.
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Image Credit: Red Orbit
In 2010, ESA had launched the CryoSat mission keeping in view the effects posed by Global warming on the ice cover in cold regions and other parts of earth. The organization also wanted to collect the data of thickness of ice sheets in various parts of earth. This data collection is similar to the technique followed by a SONAR system. When radar pulses are sent to a selected target, the timing of return of these signals is noted. #-Link-Snipped-# too, as it contains a specialized radar system built by European scientists. The efficiency of CryoSat is also an attribute of its instrument 'SIRAL', which helps in data collection. SIRAL has led to a nearly perfect estimation of ice cover in various regions of the earth.
CryoSat is able to handle its initial task related to ice data efficiently and employing it to measure sea conditions for general use will be really useful. This is possible because, while the satellite traverses its orbit, it also happens to pass through large stretches of oceans. The scientists started collecting this data also. The data available from CryoSat is currently used by Homepage | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US.
With help from CryoSat in safety of vessels, it will be possible for merchant ships and other naval activities to proceed smoothly. The data from CryoSat is also a symbol of a global attempt to monitor sea conditions and share the information so collected with everyone. The instruction which will be issued to the ships will of course not be directly from satellite. The data will be first processed by competent agencies and will then be made available for general use. Let us hope that the global coordination in this regard works well.
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