ICESat missions
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The ICESat missions are NASA satellite campaigns designed to measure changes in Earth's ice sheets, sea ice, and land topography using spaceborne laser altimetry.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Earth observation satellite missions
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NASA mission program → |
| contributesTo |
assessment of polar ice loss
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global digital elevation models → improvement of ice sheet models → validation of climate models → |
| dataArchive |
NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers
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NSIDC DAAC → |
| dataProduct |
global elevation datasets
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ice sheet elevation time series → land and vegetation height products → sea ice freeboard measurements → |
| dataUsedBy |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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climate scientists → glaciology community → sea level researchers → |
| focusesOn |
Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Greenland Ice Sheet → cryosphere → ice sheet elevation change → inland water levels → land surface elevation → sea ice thickness → vegetation canopy height → |
| hasPredecessorMission |
ICESat
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| hasSuccessorMission |
ICESat-2
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| includesMission |
ICESat
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ICESat-2 → |
| managedBy |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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| observes |
Antarctic region
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Arctic region → global land surfaces → |
| operator |
NASA
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| orbits |
near-polar orbit
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| primaryObjective |
measure changes in Earth’s ice sheets
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measure changes in sea ice → measure land topography → monitor polar regions → |
| relatedTo |
CryoSat missions
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Operation IceBridge → |
| supportsProgram |
NASA Earth Observing System
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| supportsResearchOn |
climate change
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glacier dynamics → global sea level rise → ice mass balance → permafrost → |
| technologyDemonstration |
spaceborne laser altimetry for ice monitoring
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| usesInstrumentType |
spaceborne laser altimeter
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| usesMeasurementTechnique |
laser altimetry
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Referenced by (6)
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ICESat missions
("ICESat")
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ICESat missions ("ICESat-2") → |
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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developed |
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ICESat missions
("ICESat")
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hasPredecessorMission |
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ICESat missions
("ICESat-2")
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hasSuccessorMission |
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NASA spacecraft
("ICESat-2")
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