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LET THERE BE LIGHT! LASER LIGHT, THAT IS!

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Brian Campbell
Published DatePosted 10/4/18 2:41 PM - 23244 Views

The laser instrument that launched into orbit last month aboard NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) fired for the first time Sept. 30. With each of its 10,000 pulses per second, the instrument is sending 300 trillion green photons of light to the ground and measuring the travel time of the few that return: the method behind ICESat-2’s mission to monitor Earth’s changing...

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ICESat-2 Pre-Launch Educator Workshop

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Brian Campbell
Published DatePosted 8/17/18 7:54 PM - 23505 Views

Greetings from NASA and the ICESat-2 Satellite Mission,   As you may know, the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will launch from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on September 15, 2018. ICESat-2 will be a satellite that will use an on-board laser system to measure the height of Earth’s ice, trees, oceans, geographic features, among others.   For...

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CALLING ALL GLOBE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO START TAKING TREE HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

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Brian Campbell
Published DatePosted 7/17/18 5:55 PM - 24511 Views

As you may know, the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will launch on September 15, 2018 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA. The ICESat-2 satellite will use an on-board laser altimeter system to measure the height of Earth. Measurements of ice sheets, sea ice, bodies of water, mountains are all part of what ICESat-2 will measure. For our...

Posted in: GLOBE Working Groups: Evaluation Working Group Science Working Group Education Working Group Technology Working Group Investigation Areas: Biosphere Learning Activities: Atmosphere and Climate News Topics: IOPs Primary Audience: Alumni Country Coordinators Partners Scientists Students Teachers Trainers