Earth  ID: 3123

Larsen Ice Shelf Collapse (WMS)

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on March 4, 2005
The Larsen ice shelf at the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula experienced a dramatic collapse between January 31 and March 7, 2002. First, melt ponds appeared on the ice shelf during these summer months (seen in blue on the shelf), then a minor collapse of about 800 square kilometers occurred. Finally, a 2600 square kilometer collapse took place, leaving thousands of sliver icebergs and berg fragments where the shelf formerly lay. Brownish streaks within the floating chunks mark areas where rocks and morainal debris are exposed from the former underside and interior of the shelf. These images were acquired by the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite.
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The Larsen ice shelf collapse in 2002 as seen by MODIS

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The Larsen ice shelf as seen by MODIS on January 31, 2002
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The Larsen ice shelf as seen by MODIS on February 17, 2002
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The Larsen ice shelf as seen by MODIS on February 23, 2002
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The Larsen ice shelf as seen by MODIS on March 5, 2002
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The Larsen ice shelf as seen by MODIS on March 7, 2002

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Terry Haran (University of Colorado): Scientist
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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
Terra/MODIS
2002/01/31, 2002/02/17, 2002/02/23, 2002/03/05, 2002/03/07
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets >> Icebergs
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Icebergs
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Sea Ice Motion
SVS >> Hyperwall
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