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ICESat-2 Elevates Our View of Earth

ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth’s third dimension, gathering data that can precisely track changes of terrain including glaciers, sea ice, forests and more.

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Lake Greve Chile Birkett

Charon Birkett

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Applied Research Topic

Laser altimetry data for studying lake and river dynamics with a focus on the complexities of high-latitude regions. Applications include pre- and post-flood analysis (ice-dam breaks) and conservation (fish and wildfowl habitat), with particular reference to variations caused by changes in regional climate.

ATLAS Data Product Used: ATL13 and ATL03

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iceburg with polar bear on it

Andy Mahoney (Early Adopter)

University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Geophysical Institute

Applied Research Topic

Repeat altimetry of coastal sea ice to map landfast sea ice (fast ice) extent for research and operational sea ice analysts.

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