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ICESat-2 Elevates Our View of Earth

ICESat-2 will provide scientists with height measurements that create a global portrait of Earth’s third dimension, gathering data that can precisely track changes of terrain including glaciers, sea ice, forests and more.

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iceburg with polar bear on it

Andy Mahoney

University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Geophysical Institute

Applied Research Topic

Repeat altimetry of coastal sea ice to map landfast sea ice (fast ice) extent for research and operational sea ice analysts.

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