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ICESat (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite)
Type(s) Satellite mission>Earth observation
Owner National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Organisation NASA
Abstract ICESat is a NASA/GSFC mission within the ESE (Earth Science Enterprise) program. The prime objective is to monitor the mass balance of the polar ice sheets and their contributions to global sea level change. Secondary goals are to measure cloud heights and the vertical structure of clouds and aerosols in the atmosphere, further to measure roughness, reflectivity, vegetation heights, snow-cover, and sea-ice surface characteristics, and to map topography of land surfaces. Note: ICESat is the renamed former "Laser Altimetry-1" mission.
 
Cross Reference(s) ICESAT Global Altimetry Data
ICESAT Specifications
ICESAT Web Site
Discipline(s) General Earth observation
Point of Contact
Name & Address ICESat Science Team
NASA
United States
 
E-mail (#at# is @) webmaster#at#icesat0.gsfc.nasa.gov
URL http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
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Spatial Coverage & Location(s)
  90°  
-180°   180°
  -90°  

 
Temporal Coverage 13/01/2003
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Language(s) of Resource English
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