Prof Laxon solved the problem of separating ice from water in the satellite altimeter signal.
BBC: Cryosat spots Arctic sea-ice loss in autumn
Its lead author was UCL's Seymour Laxon, the renowned polar scientist who tragically died following an accident on New Year's Day.
"I think this is the first time that we can definitively say that the bulk overall volume of ice has decreased, " observed Dr Laxon.
BBC: Arctic ice thickness 'plummets'
Dr Laxon said the project's findings are being used to help climate modellers refine their projections of what is going to happen in the future.
Dr Giles had taken on new commitments at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at UCL following the accidental death of her colleague Seymour Laxon earlier this year.
BBC: Katharine Giles
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