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Greenland Airborne Precision Elevation Survey (GRAPES) Data Collected by NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM)
Entry ID: NASA_WFF_OSB_ATM_GRAPES

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Summary
Abstract: Ice sheet elevation data are collected over Greenland with NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM). The data are known as the Greenland Airborne Precision Elevation Survey (GRAPES).

The ATM is a laser altimeter flown on NASA aircraft. The Global Positioning System (GPS) of orbiting satellites is used to navigate the aircraft's autopilot in order to provide precise location information ... View entire text
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Description: NASA Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA GSFC/WALLOPS Flight Facility

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Description: NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM)
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 85.0   S: 59.0   E: -15.0   W: -75.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Observational Science Branch, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Dataset Title: Greenland Airborne Precision Elevation Survey (GRAPES) Data Collected by NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM)
Online Resource: http://atm.wff.nasa.gov/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1993-06-23
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Platform
P-3B ORION > Lockheed P-3B Orion Ancillary Description
Instrument
ALTIMETERS Ancillary Description
ATM > Airborne Topographic Mapper Ancillary Description
Project
Use Constraints The data are currently for the use of NASA researchers and should be
considered preliminary.
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Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
NASA/WFF/OSB
Data Center
Ocean Sciences, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Wallops Flight Facility, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/index.cfm?fuseAction=home.main&&na...

Data Center Personnel
Name: SERDAR S. MANIZADE
Phone: 757-824-1025
Fax: 757-824-1036
Email: Serdar.S.Manizade at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA
Wallops Flight Facility
Mailstop 614.W
City: Wallops Island
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 23337
Country: USA
Personnel
WILLIAM B. KRABILL
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: William.B.Krabill at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Wallops Flight Facility
Building N159 Room E201
Mailstop 972.0
City: Wallops Island
Province or State: VA
Postal Code: 23337
Country: USA
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-01-30

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