Antarctica Coast to Coast

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

ICESat First Light Release: Antarctica, from Coast to Coast

ICESat's first topographic profiles across the continent reveal the textured surfaces of Antarctic ice sheets in unprecedented detail. The following profile spans the entire Antarctic continent from coast to coast. The transect begins near Wrigley Gulf, crosses the Ross Ice Shelf and central Antarctica, finally tapering off at the Amery Ice Shelf. The high flat area in the center of the continent is called the East Antarctic plateau.

A bird's eye view of the Antarctic continent surrounded by sea ice.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    ICESat/GLAS, Terra/MODIS

  • Animation ID

    2741

  • Video ID

    SVS2003-0015

  • Start Timecode

    01:00:35:00

  • End Timecode

    01:05:27:00

  • Animator

    Alex Kekesi, Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/05/23

  • Scientist

    Chris Shuman (NASA/GSFC), Jay Zwally (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    ICESat/GLAS Elevation

  • Keywords

    laser

  • Data Date

    ICESat/GLAS:2003/02/22, Terra/MODIS:2001/06-2001/09, RADARSAT:1997/09/26-1997/11/04

  • Copyright Info

    Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.

  • Animation Type

    Regular