About
Mission objectives:
- Measuring ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights
- Measure land topography and vegetation characteristics
- Provide multi-year elevation data needed to determine ice sheet mass balance
- Provide cloud property information, especially for stratospheric clouds common over polar areas
- Provide topography and vegetation data around the globe, in addition to the polar-specific coverage over the Earth's ice sheets
| Orbit: | LEO, Non-SSO |
Instruments: | Laser altimeter |
Documents
Decadal Survey Symposium
> Go to Workshop | ICESat Overview
Related Links
> ICESat web site
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ICESat II : Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite
The ICESat mission will provide multi-year elevation data needed to determine ice sheet mass balance as well as cloud property information, especially for stratospheric clouds common over polar areas.
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ICESat II | CLARREO | SMAP | DESDynl | SWOT | HyspIRI | ASCENDS
GEO-CAPE | ACE | LIST | PATH | GRACE-II | SCLP
| GACM | 3D-Winds
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