Artist concept of Jason-3

http://www.nasa.gov

Example coverage near Cape Horn on 10 days :
Jason-2 in red Jason-1 in purple Envisat in yellow (width of tracks ~ 5km)

A drift model which stimulates the movement and melting of icebergs.

5km swath coverage over Ibiza of Jason-1 and 2, and Envisat

Ice analysis conducted by CLS for a sailing race. Altimetry techniques were used to draft a first exclusion zone, and SAR imagery to target the areas identified as potentially dangerous and scan them thoroughly. The brown and red squares are potential icy areas; the green and blue stars are detected icebergs

http://www.volvooceanrace.com

5km swath coverage over Le port de Saint-Denis d’Oléron, France of Jason-1 and 2, and Envisat

A Synthetic Aperture Radar image of King Edward Point, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, a research point of the British Antarctic Survey.

ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite

http://www.esa.int

Artist’s impression of Envisat

http://www.seos-project.eu

General movement of icebergs around Antarctica during their first years