Icesat's Laser Measurements of Polar Ice, Atmosphere, Ocean, And Land: by H.J. Zwally

By Zwally, H. J.

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Title:	Icesat's Laser Measurements of Polar Ice, Atmosphere, Ocean, And Land: by H.J. Zwally
Author:	Zwally, H. J.
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Language:	English
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Abstract: The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission will measure changes in elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets as part of NASA?s Earth Observing System (EOS) of satellites. Timeseries of elevation changes will enable determination of the present-day mass balance of the ice sheets, study of associations between observed ice changes and polar climate, and estimation of the present and future contributions of the ice sheets to global sea level rise. Other scientific objectives of ICESat include: global measurements of cloud heights and the vertical structure of clouds and aerosols; precise measurements of land topography and vegetation canopy heights; and measurements of sea ice roughness, sea ice thickness, ocean surface elevations, and surface reflectivity...