OIB completed the “North Ellesmere 01” mission today. Just a few sections of clouds impacted a few lines, otherwise data was acquired over the great majority of the science lines. Also had some mild turbulence, but nothing that interfered with the remote sensing instruments. Ellesmere missions are very pretty, we covered about 20 glaciers today, and the photos below show some of the views.
We hope to continue our run of missions tomorrow, weather permitting.
Today’s flight tracks
flight deck view of one of the glaciers today
ATM T6 lidar elevation of a drainage channel over Gillman Glacier
ATM T6 lidar elevation of a drainage channel over Gillman Glacier
A 3 dimensional view of the short segment marked by the yellow bar in the first plot
A cross section of the drainage channel which is about 25 meters wide and about 20 meters deep