|Studying Land Deformation
An artist's concept showing the kinds of land surface data the Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice mission will collect.
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A proposed Earth satellite mission with the potential to identify likely earthquakes, volcanos and landslides, the Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice, or DESDynI, mission will use specialized sensors to study land surface and climate changes.
Because of its numerous potential science applications, the mission, originally slated for launch between 2010 and 2013, is under review to determine its best course of study.
- Interferometric synthetic aperture Radar (InSAR)
- Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)