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Nathan T. Kurtz
Physical Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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The ICESat-2 Applications Program: current status and future initiatives
ADVANCING SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT AND RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH EARTH OBSERVATIONS: USING INTEGRATED EO FOR INFORMED DECISION-MAKING LEADING TO ECONOMIC BENEFITS, EMPHASIZING PARTLY THE WATER, FOOD, AND ENERGY NEXUS II POSTER
science and society | 12 december 2024
Aimee R. Neeley, Molly E. Brown, Tom Neumann, Nath...
The NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 mission (ICESat-2), launched in 2018, is a follow-on from the first ICESat mission and has deliver...
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Coastal sea ice thickness in Antarctica from airborne measurements
COASTAL SEA ICE PROCESSES: OBSERVATIONS, MODELS, AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS I ELIGHTNING
cryosphere | 12 december 2024
Wolfgang Rack, Daniel Price, Christian Haas, Adria...
Cryospheric, oceanic and atmospheric processes along the Antarctic coast find their expression in the sea-ice mass balance along the continental shelf...
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Assessment of Sea Ice Surface Topography During Summer Melt with LVIS and ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry
ADVANCES IN AIRBORNE AND SATELLITE ALTIMETRY OF THE POLAR REGIONS I ORAL
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
Sumi Lee, Sinéad L L. Farrell, Kyle Duncan, Reint ...
Advances in laser altimetry have enabled high-resolution analysis of sea ice surface topography, enhancing our remote sensing capabilities beyond simp...
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Detection of drifting landfast ice in the Weddell Sea using ICESat-2
ADVANCES IN AIRBORNE AND SATELLITE ALTIMETRY OF THE POLAR REGIONS I ORAL
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
YoungHyun Koo, Walt Meier, Hongjie Xie, Stephen F....
Considering that landfast ice is immobile and attached to coastal land or ice shelves, it has distinct physical characteristics different from driftin...
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Evaluation of Melt Pond Detection and Characterization by the DDA-bifurcate-seaice using the 2022 ICESat-2 Sea Ice Campaign Data
ADVANCES IN AIRBORNE AND SATELLITE ALTIMETRY OF THE POLAR REGIONS II POSTER
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
Thomas Trantow, Ute C. Herzfeld, Huilin Han, Camde...
As the climate warms and the transition from a perennial to a seasonal Arctic sea-ice cover becomes imminent, knowledge of melt ponding is central to ...
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ICESat-2 Sea Ice Product Improvements and Analysis
ADVANCES IN AIRBORNE AND SATELLITE ALTIMETRY OF THE POLAR REGIONS II POSTER
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
Nathan T. Kurtz, Jesse Wimert, Jeffrey E. Lee
NASA's ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2) produces standard products for the retrieval of sea ice properties including along-track ...
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ICESat-2 Classification of Arctic Sea Ice in the Summer
ADVANCES IN AIRBORNE AND SATELLITE ALTIMETRY OF THE POLAR REGIONS I ORAL
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
Ellen Buckley, Sahra Kacimi, Melinda Webster, Nath...
For decades, satellite altimetry has provided a record of the changing sea ice cover. However, melt ponds that form on the summer Arctic sea ice prese...
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Recent Advances to ICESat-2 Sea Ice Data Products: Enhanced Capabilities for Resolving Small-Scale Features
ADVANCES IN AIRBORNE AND SATELLITE ALTIMETRY OF THE POLAR REGIONS II POSTER
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
Jesse Wimert, Nathan T. Kurtz, Jeffrey E. Lee, Ute...
Recent developments in NASAs ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2) sea ice data products have improved our ability to detect and analy...
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