| Satellite used | Study region | Application |
| CryoSat-2 [64] | Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctica, East Antarctica and Greenland | Determining elevation and elevation change of Greenland and Antarctica |
| TerraSAR-X [65] | Eastern shoreline of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, Canada in the transition zone between the sub-Arctic and the Arctic | Detection of vertical surface movements of frost mounds in sub-Arctic permafrost regions |
| ENVISAT and CryoSat [66] | Fram Strait, between Greenland and Svalbard | Development of SAR altimetry mode studies and applications over ocean, coastal zones and inland water |
| ERS-1 and ERS-2 [43] | Grove mountains area located to the southwest of princess Elizabeth land, inland areas of east Antarctica | Potential technique for DEM generation, topographic mapping, and surface motion detection in the inaccessible areas |
| ERS 1 & 2 SAR and ENVISAT ASAR [67] | Gangotri and Siachen glaciers located in Uttaranchal and Jammu and Kashmir state of India | Potential technique for DEM generation and glacier movemen of two major Himalayan glaciers in India |
| TerraSAR-X [68] | Eurasian Arctic; Austfonna, eastern Svalbard | Importance of dynamic ice-mass loss for glacier mass balance. |