+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server Previous Animation Next Animation Jakobshavn Glacier Calving Front Recession (2001-2003) Jakobshavn Isbrae holds the record as Greenland's fastest moving glacier and major contributor to the mass balance of the continental ice sheet. Starting in late 2000, following a period of slowing down in the mid 1990s, the glacier showed significant acceleration and nearly doubled its discharge of ice. The following imagery from the Landsat satellite shows the retreat of Jakobshavn's calving front from 2001 to 2003.    Animation showing the calving front recession from 2001 to 2003. Duration: 14.0 seconds Available formats:   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   7 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   12 MB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   320x240     JPEG         7 KB   320x240     JPEG         7 KB How to play our movies    Print resolution image showing the retreat of Jakobshavns calving front from 2001 to 2003. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 6 MB   160 x 80           PNG 36 KB   320 x 240         JPEG 16 KB   80 x 40             PNG 16 KB Animation Number: 3053 Animators: Alex Kekesi (Lead)   Horace Mitchell Studio: SVS Completed: 2004-11-30 Scientist: Waleed Abdalati (NASA/HQ) Writer: Sarah Dewitt (NASA/GSFC) Instrument: Landsat-7 Data set: Landsat-7 Band Combination 1, 2, 3 Data Collected: 5/20/2001, 5/23/02, 5/19/03 Series: Greenland   AGU 2004 Keywords: SVS >> Glacier SVS >> Melting GCMD >> Location >> Greenland SVS >> Jakobshavn More Information on this topic available at: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/dec/HQ_m04192_glacier_ice.html Science paper: Nature, Volume 432, 2 December 2004, pp. 608-610     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: