Greenland: Short Pan to East Coast Area of Interest
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This animation shows the ice concentration in Greenland. The ice has decreased significantly (~50 cm/year) along the coast and increased slightly in the center (+2 cm/year). Researchers view this as yet another serious warning sign of the threat of global warming.
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Zoom to area of interest on east coast
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Zoom in to east coast central area of interest
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Legend containing color table for centimeters per year
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Zoom around eastern peninsula. full data
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Zoom around southern tip. full data
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| Animation Number: | 1293 |
| Animator: | Lori Perkins (Lead) |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 2000-06-25 |
| Scientists: | William Krabill (NASA/GSFC Wallops) |
| | Serdar Manizade (NASA/GSFC Wallops) |
| Instrument: | Airborne Topographic Mapper |
| Data set: | Topography |
| Data Collected: | 1993/06-1993/07, 1994/05-1994/06, 1998/06-1998/07,1999/05, 1999/06-1999/07 |
| Series: | Greenland |
| Video: | SVS2000-0018 * |
Keywords:
DLESE
>> Cryology
SVS
>> Ice
SVS
>> Laser Altimeter
DLESE
>> Physical geography
GCMD
>> Location
>> Greenland
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More Information on this topic available at:
stories/greenland/index.html
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| Science paper: | Krabill, W., Abdalati, W., Frederick, E., Manizade, S., Martin, C., Sonntag, J., Wift, R., Thomas, R., Wright, W. and Yungel, J. 2000. Greenland ice sheet: High-elevation balance and peripheral thinning. Science 289: 428-430. |
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Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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