CryoSat Lead Investigator: interview with Duncan Wingham


Duncan Wingham
 
 
The original proposal to build a satellite that would measure ice-thickness change came from Prof. Duncan Wingham in 1998. His role as Lead Investigator for CryoSat has been to maintain the scientific integrity of ESA’s ice mission – from the drawing board through to a real satellite mission.

 
  
 
  
Last update: 17 February 2010


In depth

 •  Earth Explorers (http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPearthexp.html)

Related links

 •  Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) (http://www.cpom.org/)
 •  UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/)
 •  ICESat mission (http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/)