Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar
Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems, Climate Variability & Change, Earth Surface & Interior
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- Deployments
2010-12-01 2010-12-12 2011-03-22 2011-04-05 2012-02-22 2012-04-27 2012-09-14 2012-09-28 2013-07-01 2013-07-03 2013-09-18 2013-09-27 2014-07-10 2014-08-02 - 2
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The Campaign
The Multiple Beam Experimental Lidar (MABEL) was a series of test flight campaigns for the MABEL instrument. These flights supported the development of a geophysical algorithm for ICESat-2 ahead of its 2018 launch. From 2010 to 2014, MABEL conducted seven deployments across the Western United States, the Mid-Atlantic, Greenland, and Alaska. The NASA ER-2 and Scaled Composites Proteus aircraft were equipped with MABEL instruments to collect measurements over ice, sea ice, the ocean, and land. Additional sensors, including the Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) and Airborne Chromatograph For Atmospheric Trace Species (ACATS), were also used during the test flights. MABEL was funded by the Cryospheric Sciences Program to support the ICESat-2 mission.
N: 83°N
S: 28°N
W: 173°W
E: 8°W
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