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Iceland Glacier Recession 1997 to 2000
This animation is a close up zoom into largest area of glacier recesion at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland. The data from 1997 is taken from Landsat 5 and the 2000 data is from Landsat 7. The Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland has been measured by Landsat to be receding since 1973. In 1997, Landsat 5 took several other images of the glacier. It was thought by some glacierologists that this particular glacier was receding quicker in the late 1990s than it did in the late 1980s or 1970s. After careful analysis Goddard's Glacierologist, Dorothy Hall, concluded that the recession from 1997 to 2000 occurs at a similar rate to the recession between 1973 and 2000. It is extremely controversial whether or not this recession is caused by global warming.

Zoom down to area of recession and transition from 1997 to 2000    Zoom down to area of recession and transition from 1997 to 2000
Duration: 8.0 seconds
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Animation Number:2102
Animator:Lori Perkins (Lead)
Studio:SVS
Completed:2001-03-22
Scientist:Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)
Instruments:Landsat-1/MSS
 Landsat-5/TM
 Landsat-7/ETM+
Data Collected:1997/9 2000/9
Series:Iceland
Video:SVS2001-0012 *
Keywords:
SVS >> Breidamerkurjokull
DLESE >> Climatology
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> Glacier
SVS >> Recession
GCMD >> Location >> Iceland
 
 
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