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Images & Animations
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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 slice of ICESat elevation data (170 meter post-spaced) near the Amery coast laying over a flat RADARSAT texture.
Metadata
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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