In order to support existing scientific efforts carried out by CliC, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the CliC Project Office plan to launch a dedicated joint activity to address some of the key scientific priorities in Cryosphere science where Earth Observation (EO) Technology and ESA missions may contribute. In particular the planned activity aims at:
- Advancing the development and validation of novel advanced EO-based multi-mission based products, improved data sets and enhanced applications that may respond directly to the specific scientific requirements of the CliC and cryosphere scientific community
- Exploiting novel EO approaches to improve the observation, understanding and prediction of cryosphere processes with special attention to CliC priorities. In particular, two major areas of interest have been identified
- Developing a Scientific Roadmap as a basis for further ESA scientific support activities dedicated to the CliC community. The project will be funded by the new ESA’s Support to Science Element
- Identifying the main geographical areas of interest and existing data sets that may contribute to the project.
ESA web page for the Cold Hydrology Workshop (including registration) is now active.