Polar+ Ice Shelves Project Description The Polar+ Ice Shelves project aims to produce a suite of Earth Observation datasets to characterise how ice shelves in Antarctica have changed over the last decade and to make use of these data sets to investigate the physical processes driving this evolution. This is done by exploiting [...]

4D Greenland Project Description The 4D Greenland project aims to perform an integrated assessment of Greenland’s hydrology through maximizing the use of Earth Observation data.  This is done through quantification of the major components of Greenland’s hydrological system and their interconnections: surface melt processes, supraglacial dynamics, and subglacial melt, storage, and drainage. The [...]

Digital Twin Antarctica Project Description The Digital Twin Antarctica project aims to generate an advanced dynamic reconstruction of Antarctica’s hydrology, interaction with ocean and atmosphere, to be used by stakeholders such as decision makers, agencies, managers, scientists, and engaged citizens. The objective is to combine Earth Observation, ice-sheet-ocean-atmosphere simulation, and advanced machine learning [...]

CryoSurf Project Description The European Space Agency (ESA), Earthwave and The University of Edinburgh (UoE) have made significant progress with the completeness and accuracy of CryoSat-2 SAR-In Swath elevation models. However the scientific perfectionists in all of us strive for the next level using the latest technological tool set. Ice-sheets are a current [...]

4D Antarctica Project Description The 4DAntarctica project aims to advance the understanding of the Antarctic Ice Sheet’s supra and sub-glacial hydrology, its evolution, and its role within the broader ice sheet and ocean systems. The project addressed the following specific objectives: Creating and consolidating an unprecedented dataset composed of ice-sheet wide hydrology and [...]

CryoTEMPO-EOLIS Project DescriptionThe CryoTEMPO project deals with the production of 2 sets of thematic products making use of the technique of swath interferometry applied to SARIn mode CryoSat. The first set of products consist of surface elevation along CryoSat’s swath and generated by the so-called CryoSat swath processor [RD1]. The product is released monthly [...]

Mountain Glaciers and CryoSat Project DescriptionThe Mountain Glaciers project aims to generate swath elevation over the High Mountain Asia and Alaska regions using data from the CryoSat satellite radar altimeter. From the swath elevations, rates of surface elevation change, mass change and contribution to sea level rise are quantified to estimate global impact of [...]

IceExplorer - The visual interface for Cryosat data products Project DescriptionEarthwave built the 'IceExplorer' - a web based visual data sharing platform to make Cryosat-2 data products available for download and data exploration. Components include (1) a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with spatial visualisation and the functionality to download data, (2) a web Application [...]

Deep Learning with CryoSat Project DescriptionCompensating for penetration in radar altimetry cryosphere elevation estimates using deep learning: EarthWave conducted a feasibility study using Swath radar altimetry and Operation Icebridge Lidar data fused together and to train a neural network to improve elevation estimates. Our model compensates for 70-90% of the mean penetration, while reducing [...]