Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS)

The 'Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS)' is a research initiative and project designed to monitor the World's glaciers primarily using data from optical satellite instruments.

More about the GLIMS-project/NASA/EarthData.

An optical satellite instrument monitoring the glaciers from space is the ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and reflection Radiometer).

Read more about the ASTER-satelitte instrument at the ASTER website/NASA

Published Mar. 3, 2011 1:07 PM - Last modified Mar. 25, 2022 12:50 PM