Exploitation of CryoSat-2 data over open and coastal ocean

The “CryoSat Plus for Oceans” (CP4O) project, supported by the ESA Support to Science Element (STSE) Programme and by CNES, was dedicated to the exploitation of CryoSat-2 data over the open and coastal ocean. Whilst the results from CP4O were highly promising and confirmed the potential of SAR altimetry to support new scientific and operational oceanographic applications, it was also apparent that further work was needed in some key areas to fully realise the original project objectives. Thus, after the end of the Project in 2015, additional work in four areas has been supported by ESA under a first Contract Change Notice (CCN): -Developments in SARin data processing for Coastal Altimetry. -Implementation of a Regional Tidal Atlas for the Arctic Ocean. -Improvements to the SAMOSA retracker: Implementation and Evaluation & Optimised Thermal Noise Estimation. -Extended evaluation of CryoSat­-2 SAR data for Coastal Applications.