Abstract: High-resolution bathymetry mapping of coral reefs is essential to morphodynamic study of reef habitats, assisting reef monitoring and conservation under global climate change. However, the ...

L3Harris Technologies and Xoople have created an advanced spaceborne measurement platform engineered for an era shaped by artificial intelligence, Earth observation, and high-value information drawn ...

NASA’s proposed Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer, or EDGE, is still several years away from launch but it is already worth ...

NASA kicked off its ICESat-2 mission to monitor our planet’s ice sheets from space using a laser-scanning satellite this morning,… Read More ...

On paper, rising temperatures should push forests steadily uphill. In practice, the world’s alpine treelines are doing something far less tidy. A global study published in April 2026 in the ...

The purpose of this project is to introduce students and researchers to the use of spaceborne lidar data—specifically ICESat‑2 and GEDI—for vegetation and forest assessment. The notebook walks through ...

Abstract: The Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), equipped with the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimetry System (ATLAS), enhances ice surface elevation change estimations. ATLAS ...

Versions 7 of ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Normalized Relative Backscatter Profiles (ATL04), ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land Ice Height (ATL06), ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Land and Vegetation Height (ATL08), ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A ...

ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2 L4 Monthly Arctic Snow Depth and Sea Ice Thickness, Version 1 is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This ...

The ICESat-2 Cryospheric Science Hackweek was a 5-day hackweek held at the University of Washington. Participants learned about technologies used to access and process ICESat-2 data with a focus on ...