Earth ID: 10734

Building a Bigger Bridge - OIB 2011 Preview

Released on March 15, 2011

Operation IceBridge is heading back into the Arctic with two aircraft and the most sophisticated suite of instruments ever flown in polar regions. This year's mission will focus on sea ice thickness, the Canadian Ice Caps, Greenland ice sheet dynamics, and flyovers of the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 ground validation sites.

Credits

Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Producer
Lora Koenig (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Charles Webb (SGT): Scientist
Michelle Williams (UMBC): Videographer
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer

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Mission:
Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat)

Data Used:

ICESat/GLAS

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> ICESat
SVS >> Ice Sheets
SVS >> Airplane
SVS >> Sea Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere
GCMD >> Location >> Greenland
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> IceBridge
SVS >> Glaciers
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0