New Lakes Discovered Under Antarctic Ice with NASA's ICESat-2
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- Visualizations by:
- Susan Twardy,
- Greg Shirah, and
- Helen-Nicole Kostis
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- Written by:
- Roberto Molar Candanosa
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Helen Amanda Fricker and
- Matthew R. Siegfried
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- Produced by:
- Jefferson Beck
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Hundreds of meltwater lakes hide deep beneath the expanse of Antarctica’s ice sheet. With a powerful laser altimeter system in space, NASA’s Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is helping scientists "see" under the ice.
For more on the story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-space-lasers-map-meltwater-lakes-in-antarctica-with-striking-precision
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Susan Twardy (HTSI) [Lead]
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Visualizers
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA) [Lead]
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
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Writer
- Roberto Molar Candanosa (KBR) [Lead]
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Scientists
- Helen Amanda Fricker (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego) [Lead]
- Matthew R. Siegfried (Colorado School of Mines) [Lead]
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Producer
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Series
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ID: 4913 Visualization
ICESat-2 Maps Subglacial Lakes in Antarctica
Read moreData visualization featuring precise map of Mercer and Conway subglacial lakes in West Antarctica. The visualization sequence starts with a view of the Americas and slowly zooms into the suture between the Mercer and Whillans ice streams. Surface-height anomaly data from NASA's ICESat-2 mission provide critical insight for the drain-fill cycles of subglacial lakes and aid in the discovery of two new water bodies within the same region. This data-driven visualization includes labels of ice formations close to the area of interest and repeats playback of the segment of the subglacial lakes surface-height anomalies. ||
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