Out of the Freezer: Scientific Altimetry Studies using CryoSat-2 in the Global Ocean

Chris Banks1, Paolo Cipollini2, Francisco M Calafat1, Helen M Snaith3, Andrew GP Shaw4, Jerome Bouffard5 and Pierre Féménias6, (1)National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (2)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (3)British Oceanographic Data Centre, United Kingdom, (4)SKYMAT Ltd., Southampton, United Kingdom, (5)European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy, (6)European Space Agency, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy