Sunday 3rd March we tested the instruments in flight. The actual science measurements of CIMRex start tomorrow! See "Read more" for extra pics.

 CIMR's orbit configuration and >1900km swath width will offer un-precedented global coverage, and sub-daily revisit in the polar regions (including "no hole at the pole"). Read for more info and plots.

  The CIMRex team is now in Iceland, busy installing the instruments on-board the Twin-Otter plane. Tânia Casal tells us more.

To support the CIMR mission, ESA flies the CIMRex airborne campaign, from 2nd March 2019 in Iceland, to 9th March 2019 in Svalbard. Tânia Casal (ESA Scientific Campaign Coordinator) introduces the campaign (read more!).

The CIMR Mission Advisory Group will gather at ESA ESTEC for the 5th time.

The results from the Preliminary Requirement Reviews (PRRs) from the two industry consortiums will be in focus, as well as further preparation of the CIMR mission and its algorithms.

The CIMR Mission Advisory Group will gather at ESA ESTEC for the 4th time.

Agenda includes the consolidation of Mission Requirement Document, progress of Phase A/B1 activities (Preliminary Requirement Review), orbit characterization, validation campaign, etc...

Two invited experts:

• Simon Yueh, NASA JPL, about SMAP, and SMAPVEX19
• Kari Luojus, FMI, about terrestrial snow water equivalent (SWE) from CIMR

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New figures and plots illustrating the CIMR mission are available from the "Resources / Figures" menu. The list will be populated on irregular basis, check it out from time to time..

CIMR is "the top-priority concept of mission" for monitoring the polar and Arctic regions: https://www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news/copernicus-services-information-and-sentinel-products-arctic-region

What frequencies will be on-board CIMR, and what spatial resolution can we expect? A new diagram compares the planned CIMR capabilities with those of MWI and AMSR2. Press "Read more" for a larger version, and more context.

Would your service, application or science benefit from those channels? Tell us about it here.

EU just published the final versions of the Polar Experts Group reports (PEG I and PEG II).

In the PEG II report, the expert group recommends to retain as first priority the proposed Imaging PMR concept, implemented by CIMR.