Open AccessGlobal Ice Monitoring Satellite to Launch as Early as This Week
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo106015
Subject(s) - satellite , meteorology , climatology , remote sensing , environmental science , aeronautics , geology , geography , aerospace engineering , engineering
The soon-to-launch satellite will measure the height and thickness of sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost around the world to an unprecedentedly high precision.