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CryoSat ready to be launched
 
29 September 2005

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CryoSat measures the freeboard of floating sea ice.
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CryoSat is able to measure the freeboard (the height protruding above the water) of floating sea ice with its sensitive altimeter. From the freeboard, the ice thickness can be estimated.

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