CryoSat-2

Maps showing snow depths across Arctic sea ice from October 2018 to April 2019. Source: NASA

Mapping the Amount of Snow on Arctic Sea Ice

by Mark Altaweel

Scientists are using satellite data to measure and map the amount of snow on Arctic sea ice.

Categories Spatial Analysis Tags CryoSat-2, ICESat-2

Best of GIS: Notable 2011 Geospatial Happenings

by Caitlin Dempsey

It’s been a very long time since I’ve done a “best of GIS” year end review. Listed below are some of what I have … Read more

Categories GIS Learning Tags #freeatanas, 2011 year in review, ArcGIS for Android, atanas entchev, aviation charts, best of GIS, consolidated.db, CryoSat-2, esa, gis certification, historical maps, HTML5 mapping, indoor navigation, iphone tracking, iPhone tracking maps, map projections, Mark Bosworth, sea ice thickness maps, USGS topo, web comic, xkcd, Yahoo! Maps API

CryoSat-2

by Caitlin Dempsey

CryoSat-2 is the satellite launched by the European Space Agency on April 8, 2010 to collect data in order to understand the relationship between the … Read more

Categories GIS Data Tags climate change, CryoSat-2, earth observation, esa, European Space Agency, Ice thickness, polar ice, satellite, sea ice thickness

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