First ICESat-2 Global Data Released: Ice, Forests and More (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

First ICESat-2 Global Data Released: Ice, Forests and More

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For the second straight year, NASA researchers endured low temperatures, biting winds, and high altitude to conduct another 88-South Traverse. The 470-mile expedition in one of the most barren landscapes on Earth provides the best means of assessment of the accuracy of data collected from space by the Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2). Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight

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