The Polar Monitoring Project

An improvement of the sea-ice thickness accuracy for climate research community and better short-range forecasts for ship routing. Goal is 0.1m. For that purpose, better estimations of snow depth and freeboard are mandatory.
A daily coverage of sea-ice thickness, and near real time availability for operational use
An improvement of the measurement of sea ice thickness distribution for models and operational services

An improvement of the accuracy of surface elevation measurement (goal is 0.5 meters)
An improvement of the accuracy & stability of surface elevation change measurement (goal is 0.1 m/year)
The latitudinal coverage (to within 2° latitude of the poles)
The temporal sampling frequency: Monthly-seasonal (ice margin); annual (interior).
The spatial resolution, goals are 1000 m (interior) and 50-100 m (ice margin).

Prime importance that the orbit configuration allows the covering the central Arctic Ocean
Desirable improvements wrt CS2 capabilities regarding the lead detection
An improvement of the accuracy of sea-level anomaly over open-ocean & leads: goal is 2-3cm
Spatial sampling of Sea-Level Anomaly (SLA) and Mean Dynamic Topography (MDT): goal is 10km
Temporal sampling of SLA and MDT: Goals are daily sampling (SLA over open-ocean) & 10 days (SLA over leads & MDT over open ocean)