Earth  ID: 20110

Greenland Ice Mass Balance

Animations by Susan Twardy Released on August 29, 2007
This cut away of the Greenland ice sheet shows the high altitude accumulation region and the low altitude ablation (melt) zones. In a warming climate, both melting around the margins and precipitation in the interior increase, causing the ice sheet to grow in the middle and shrink at the edges.
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This animation illustrates a cutaway of the high altitude accumulation zones and low altitude melt zones.

Animation Credits

Susan Twardy (HTSI): Lead Animator
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Waleed Abdalati (NASA/HQ): Scientist
Maria Frostic (UMBC): Writer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets >> Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets >> Ice Sheets
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0