Earth  ID: 3537

Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Flyover of Western Antarctica

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on October 31, 2008
The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is a data product funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and jointly produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The LIMA data shown here uses the pan-chromatic band and has a resolution of 15 meters per pixel. The 13 swaths used to generate this sample mosaic where acquired between December 25, 1999 and December 31, 2001. The elevation data shown has no vertical exaggeration (1x) and is courtesy of the Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP) Digital Elevation Model (DEM).
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This animation shows Western Antarctica with data from the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA). The 3 minute flyover starts from McMurdo Station and hugs the coast until it reaches the Larsen Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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This is the same animation without the text overlays. This image shows Sulzberger Bay and the Sulzberger Ice Shelf which was first discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition.
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The Russkaya station was a Soviet Antarctic research station that opened in 1980 and closed in 1990.
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LIMA monitors the Thwaites Glacier.
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This image is LIMA's view of Smyley Island, Spaatz Island, and the George VI Ice Shelf.
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LIMA sees the Larsen Ice Shelf on the Antarctica Peninsula.
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Mt. Takahe volcano in West Antarctica (76.2 °S, 112°W).

Mt. Takahe in West Antarctica has a summit which is more than 1000 meters above the surrounding ice sheet.

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Bob Bindschadler (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio LIMA Data provided by: Patricia Vornberger (SAIC) LIMA data produced by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and NASA

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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:
Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) also referred to as: RAMP DEM
Data Compilation - NSIDC
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Landsat-7/ETM+/Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica also referred to as: LIMA
Mosaic - NASA/GSFC, British Antarctic Survey, USGS EROS Data Center - 12/25/1999 - 12/31/2001
Mosaicing to avoid clouds produced a high quality, nearly cloud-free benchmark data set of Antarctica for the International Polar Year from images collected primarily during 1999-2003.
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Landsat-7/ETM+/Band Combination 3, 2, 1
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This item is part of this series:
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets >> Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets >> Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
GCMD >> Location >> Antarctica
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