FAIRsharing record for: OpenAltimetry ... : OpenAltimetry ...

• Main Author: FAIRsharing Team
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: FAIRsharing 2018
• Subjects: Earth Science; Geoinformatics; Cryosphere; Topography; Scripps; National Snow and Ice Data Center
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25504/fairsharing.m2wo0o; https://fairsharing.org/FAIRsharing.M2wo0O

This FAIRsharing record describes: OpenAltimetry is a cyberinfrastructure platform for discovery, access, and visualization of data from NASA?s ICESat and ICESat-2 missions. These laser profiling altimeters are being used to measure changes in the topography of Earth?s ice sheets, vegetation canopy structure, and clouds and aerosols. A new paradigm for data access was required to serve the needs of a diverse scientific community seeking to take advantage of these unique observations. OpenAltimetry, which is the product of a collaboration between UNAVCO, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, was custom-built to meet these needs. ... : The source of this description is the metadata record on FAIRsharing.org, an educational and informative resource that describes and links databases, standards, and data policies. FAIRsharing also creates collections of these resources and recommendations of databases and standards based on 3rd party data policies. ...