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NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission represents a remarkable advancement in our understanding of the Earth's changing climate and ecosystems since its launch in 2018. This sophisticated space-based laser altimeter continues to deliver critical observations on ice-sheet elevation changes, sea ice freeboard, and vegetation canopy height, thereby ensuring a seamless continuation of the groundbreaking work initiated by the original ICESat mission. Thanks to the innovative spirit and dedication of ICESat-2 scientists, a wealth of additional data products has been developed and is continuously expanding, encompassing vital areas such as inland surface water, ocean surface height, and bathymetry. 


In the spirit of collaboration and community engagement, we invite you to take part in a brief, voluntary questionnaire that will take approximately 6-8 minutes of your time. Your insights will play a crucial role in assessing the diversity of our stakeholder community and identifying the myriad fields where ICESat-2 data can be applied. We want to assure you that any information you provide through this questionnaire will be handled with the utmost care and will be used exclusively by our dedicated Applications Team for internal purposes. Your privacy is our priority, and your insights will not be used for soliciting funds or other activities. Your participation is vital as we strive to foster an inclusive environment that enhances climate science and informs societal decision-making.


To keep abreast of the latest applications developments and activities for ICESat-2, we encourage you to join the ICESat-2 Applications mailing list by sending an email to: icesat-2-applications-JOIN@lists.nasa.gov 

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information collection meets the requirements of 44 U.S.C 3507, as amended by section 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. You do not need to answer these questions unless we display a valid Office of Management and Budget control number. The OMB control number for this information collection is 2700-0153 and it expires on 8/31/2027. We estimate that it will take about 8 minutes to read the instructions, gather the facts, and answer the questions. You may send comments on our time estimate above to aimee.neeley@nasa.gov. Send only comments relating to our time estimate to this address.
 
1) What type of institution do you work for?
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2) How would you characterize your data use?
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3) Of the following thematic groups, to which does your work apply?
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4) How often, if ever, do you currently use satellite remote sensing data?
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5) Do you use altimetry data?
6) If you use altimetry data, do you use it for:
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7) From where do you usually download your data?
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8) What is your ideal lag time from data acquisition to product delivery?
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9) Please describe the applications that drive your spatial and temporal requirements.
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10) What area of coverage is best for your analysis? Check all that apply.
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11) Do you use scripting languages to read data? If so, check all that apply.
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12) What is your ideal data format?
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13) One a scale from 1 to 5 (with 1=irrelevant and 5=critical), how important are the following data attributes for the majority of your target applications?
Spatial resolution
Irrelevant
Critical
Data latency
Irrelevant
Critical
Accuracy
Irrelevant
Critical
Record length
Irrelevant
Critical
14) Since its release on May 28, 2019, have you accessed ICESat-2 data?
15) How would you describe your use of ICESat-2 data?
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16) what ICESat-2 data products do you use? Check all that apply.
17) Would ICESat-2 data be more useful to you if it were bundled by the data center, in a common format and projection, with data from other missions or ground data? If 'yes', specify other data products.
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18) What type of ICESat-2 documentation or data outreach have you found most helpful in the past? Check all that apply.
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19) Did you use the ICESat-2 pre-launch data (MABEL) available via the ICESat-2 website prior to launch?
20) Have you attended an ICESat-2 and ICESat-2 Applications workshop/tutorial/focus session describing the data products, algorithms, and Applications strategy?
21) What topics would you like to see covered in a future workshop, focus session or tutorial? (e.g., atmosphere or ocean topics, software or data tool tutorial)
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22) What visualization tool(s) have you used to discover ICESat-2 data? (learn more: https://nsidc.org/data/icesat-2/tools)
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23) Which Quicklook products (low latency) do you use? Check all that apply.
24) What other Quicklook or standard data products would you like to see that do not currently exist (e.g., ATL03)?
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25) Have you identified underrepresented/underserved communities that may benefit from ICESat-2 data products and applications?
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26) Do you know of any applications that the community should develop that includes data from multiple missions?
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If you would like more information or have other comments, please contact us at: icesat-2-applications@lists.nasa.gov.
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