08 October 2010
Since the launch of CryoSat on April 11th, the instrument and the satellite are in an intensive monitoring phase, where their performance is carefully examined. This follow-up includes repeated calibrations, allowing for a precise mapping of space segment influences on topographic ice measurements. At the same time, data treatment on the ground must be perfected and this stage of the validation known as the "commissioning phase", led by ESA, is scheduled for a total of 6 months.
The attention of almost every country in the world was focused on Haïti after the major earthquake which struck on January 12th.
The International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957/1958 saw the emergence of a new subject of research: ' Planet Earth '. For the first time, scientists sought to understand and analyze the Earth as a whole. It was also the first time that the oceans became the subject of international cooperation.
