Earth ID: 2145

AGU Press Briefing May 29th: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (Dobbin Glacier Zoom)

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on May 22, 2001

ASTER images are being used in an ambitious international project to map the extent of the world's glaciers and the rate at which they are changing. High-resolution ASTER images make it possible to distinguish and track small features on glacier surfaces. Images presented by Rick Wessels from Arizona State University showing details of snow and ice of glaciers are contributing to the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) project, a global consortium led by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Video slate image reads, "Global Land Ice Measurements from Space. High-resolution ASTER images make it possible to distinguish and track small features on glacier surfaces.

(Dobbin Glacier Zoom)".

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Rick Wessels (Arizona State University): Scientist

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

Terra/ASTER

2000/07/31

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> Dobbin Glacier
DLESE >> Hydrology
GCMD >> Location >> Alaska
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