ICESat-2 Elevates Our View of Earth
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- Visualizations by:
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez and
- Chris Meaney
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- Edited by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Thomas A. Neumann and
- Thorsten Markus
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- Interviewees:
- Thomas A. Neumann and
- Thorsten Markus
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- Produced by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
- View full credits
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. The single instrument on ICESat-2 is ATLAS, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System, will measure melting ice sheets and investigate how this effects sea level rise, investigate changes in the mass of ice sheets and glaciers, estimate and study sea ice thickness, and measure the height of vegetation in forests and other ecosystems worldwide.
Music: "Begin Again," Dan Parry, Sound Pocket Music PRS; "Eternal Circle," Laurent Dury, Koka Media SACEM
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
- Chris Meaney (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Editor
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Scientists
- Thomas A. Neumann (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Thorsten Markus (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Interviewees
- Thomas A. Neumann (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Thorsten Markus (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Videographers
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead]
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)