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A Software Tool for ICESat and ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Data Processing, Analysis, and Visualization: Description, Features, and Usage

Authors :
Bruno Silva
Luiz Guerreiro Lopes
Source :
Software, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 380-410 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2024.

Abstract

This paper presents a web-based software tool designed to process, analyze, and visualize satellite laser altimetry data, specifically from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission, which collected data from 2003 to 2009, and ICESat-2, which was launched in 2018 and is currently operational. These data are crucial for studying and understanding changes in Earth’s surface and cryosphere, offering unprecedented accuracy in quantifying such changes. The software tool ICEComb provides the capability to access the available data from both missions, interactively visualize it on a geographic map, locally store the data records, and process, analyze, and explore the data in a detailed, meaningful, and efficient manner. This creates a user-friendly online platform for the analysis, exploration, and interpretation of satellite laser altimetry data. ICEComb was developed using well-known and well-documented technologies, simplifying the addition of new functionalities and extending its applicability to support data from different satellite laser altimetry missions. The tool’s use is illustrated throughout the text by its application to ICESat and ICESat-2 laser altimetry measurements over the Mirim Lagoon region in southern Brazil and Uruguay, which is part of the world’s largest complex of shallow-water coastal lagoons.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2674113X
Volume :
3
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Software
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.350b1ea176e46168ab43d6b70058277
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/software3030020