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ICESat: Visualizations

ICESat: Visualizations

Link: ICESAT World Elevations

ICESAT Reference Orbit Groundtrack Maps:

ICESat Elevation and Cloud Illustration

ICESat Elevation and Cloud Illustration

This figure illustrates ice sheet elevation and cloud data from ICESat's GLAS on its first day of operation February 20, 2003.

ICESAT MAPS:

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ICESat Antarctica Grid Antarctica 8 Day Repeat Greenland 8 Day Repeat
ICESat Antarctica Grid Antarctica 8 Day Repeat Greenland 8 Day Repeat

SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION SERVICE:

Atmospheric Data (Click on the image to see the animation - it takes some time to download the movies)

Atmosphere Over Africa (Click for info) Atmosphere Over India (Click for info)
Animation of Atmospheric over Africa Animation of Atmospheric over India

GSFC EARTH OBSERVATORY:

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Antarctica's Land and Ice Elevation ICESat High Resolution Image ICESat High Resolution Image
Antarctica's Land and Ice Elevation Image ICESat High Resolution Image ICESat High Resolution Image

ANIMATIONS:

Courtesy of Chris Meaney, Conceptual Image Lab, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

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ICESat rotates earth 1 ICESat rotates earth 2 ICESat rotates earth 3 ICESat rotates earth 4
ICESat rotates earth 1 animation ICESat rotates earth 2 animation ICESat rotates earth 3 animation ICESat rotates earth 4 animation
ICESat rotates earth 5 ICESat rotates earth 6 ICESat pulse ICESat atmosphere channel
ICESat rotates earth 5 animation ICESat rotates earth 6 animation ICESat Pulse animation ICESat atmosphere channel animation
ICESat antarctic tracks ICESat world tracks ICESat antarctic elevations 1 ICESat antarctic elevations 2
ICESat antarctic tracks animation ICESat world tracks animation ICESat antarctic elevations 1 animation ICESat antarctic elevations 2 animation