NASA - Antarctic Airborne Science Mission Nears Mid-Point - Annotated
- "We flew a snow radar from the
University of Kansas that is designed to measure the snow depth on sea ice and the laser Airborne Topographic Mapper from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility to measure the sea surface and the height of the combined snow/ice layer above the sea.- - post by p_linehan
- laser-based topographic instrument -- the Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) -- scientists hope to improve the accuracy of the ICESat data record and prepare to extend these critical ice surface change observations into the future.
- - post by p_linehan
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