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ICESat First Light Release: Following ICESat

In this visualization we ride along with the ICESat spacecraft as its laser measures detailed changes in surface topography. This was produced in support of the ICESat first light release.

Animation showing ICESat collecting elevation data    Animation showing ICESat collecting elevation data
Duration: 535.0 minutes
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ICESat collecting elevation data    ICESat collecting elevation data

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Animation Number:2747
Completed:2003-05-15
Animators:Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
 Alex Kekesi (GST)
Scientists:Chris Shuman (NASA/GSFC)
 Jay Zwally (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:RADARSAT-1/SAR
 Terra/MODIS
 ICESat/GLAS/L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds (GLA09)
Data Collected:Simulated Data
Video:SVS2003-0015 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Technology
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.


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