Earth  ID: 2747

ICESat First Light Release: Following ICESat

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on May 15, 2003
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.
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Animation showing ICESat collecting elevation data
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ICESat collecting elevation data
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Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Christopher Shuman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jay Zwally (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc. The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

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Missions:
Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat)
Terra

Data Used:
RADARSAT-1/SAR
Credit:
Additional credit goes to Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.
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ICESat/GLAS/L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds (GLA09)
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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2004
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Dates of Data Used:
Simulated Data

Keywords:
DLESE >> Technology
NASA Science >> Earth