ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Alek Petty is the lead author of an article published in the summer 2017 edition of US CLIVAR Variations. The article is titled; “Improving our understanding of Antarctic Sea Ice with NASA's Operation IceBridge and The upcoming ICESat-2 mission.” It broadly covers the ways in which scientists hope to use NASA’s Operation IceBridge and the upcoming ICESat-2 mission for Antarctic sea ice research.