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
ICESat collecting elevation data
Video slate image reads "ICESat First Light: Following ICESat".
Credits
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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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- Christopher Shuman (NASA/GSFC)
- Jay Zwally (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, May 15, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Datasets used
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[RADARSAT-1: SAR]
ID: 87Credit: Additional credit goes to Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.
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L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds (GLA09) [ICESat: GLAS]
ID: 327 -
BMNG (Blue Marble: Next Generation) [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 508Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
This dataset can be found at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
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Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
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