Applications for ICESat-2 Data: From NASA's Early Adopter Program

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 24-37

  Brown, Molly E ^a   Delgodo Arias, Sabrina ^b   Neumann, Thomas ^b   Jasinski, Michael F ^b   Posey, Pamela ^c   Babonis, Greg ^d   Glenn, Nancy F ^e   Birkett, Charon M ^a   Escobar, Vanessa M ^a   Markus, Thorsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ICE; NASA;

DATA PRODUCTS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; EARTH'S SURFACE; END-USERS; ICE CLOUDS; ITS APPLICATIONS; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; USER COMMUNITIES;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; RESEARCH WORK; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 85007505688     PISSN: 24732397     EISSN: 21686831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MGRS.2016.2560759     Document Type: Article

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