Intro
News
Winter 2006/07 Ongoing activities for CoreH2O satellite mission
Research areas
Development of methods and applications of Earth observation from satellites for:
Monitoring of snow and ice from regional to global scales
Runoff modelling and forecasting from mountainous basins
Mass balance and dynamics of glaciers, with study regions in the Alps, Antarctica (Larsen Ice Shelf, Dronning Maud Land), Patagonia, Iceland
Natural hazard monitoring (slope stability by means of radar interferometry)
Water quality of lakes (imaging spectrometry)
Field work for development of new techniques for snow and ice observations with microwave sensors
Cooperation with: ESA, NASA, NOAA, DLR, AWI and several other European and American research institutions and universities.
CoreH2O
The proposed CoreH2O satellite mission (Cold Regions Hydrology High-resolution Observatory) has been selcted by ESA for scientific and technical preparation. CoreH2O is based on a dual frequency SAR for detailed observations of dry snow, ice and water cycle characteristics for regional to global scales.