ICESat-2
LocationSpace (LEO)
Year2018
Sizelaser altimeter
TypeIce monitoring
About ICESat-2
Measures ice sheet height changes to within 2.5 cm. Uses 6 green laser beams to measure elevation. Tracks glacier melting in Greenland and Antarctica. Also measures ocean height and forest canopy. Over 3 trillion measurements taken.
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