New NASA Laser Technology Reveals How Ice Measures Up

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New results from NASA's MABEL campaign demonstrated that a photon-counting technique will allow researchers to track the melt or growth of Earth’s frozen regions.

 

When a high-altitude aircraft flew over the icy Arctic Ocean and the snow-covered terrain of Greenland in April 2012, it was the first polar test of a new laser-based technology to measure the height of Earth from space.

 

 

http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/new-nasa-laser-technology-reveals-how-ice-measures-up/#.Uugz3_vLfct