A Short Tour of the Cryosphere
- Visualizations by:
- Alex Kekesi
- View full credits
This narrated, 5-minute animation shows a wealth of data collected from satellite observations of the cryosphere and the impact that recent cryospheric changes are making on our planet. This is a shorter version of a narrated, 7 1/2 minute animation entitled 'A Tour of the Cryosphere'.
See the above link for a detailed description of the full animation.
Two sections have been removed from the original animation: one showing a flyby of the South Pole station and glaciers feeding the Ross Ice Shelf and one showing solar data related to the Earth's energy balance.
For more information on the data sets used in this visualization, visit NASA's EOS DAAC website.
CERESCryologyCryosphereEarth ScienceFrozen GroundGlacier Motion/Ice Sheet MotionGlacier Topography/Ice Sheet TopographyGlaciersGlaciers/Ice SheetsGOESHydrosphereIce Growth/MeltIce MotionIce SheetsIce TemperatureIce VelocityNarratedPermafrostSea IceSea Ice ConcentrationSea ice MotionSea Ice Surface TemperatureSnow and IceSnow CoverSnow/IceSnow/ice TemperatureVoice Over Talent
Credits
Please give credit for this visualization to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Designed by
EOSDIS Outreach Team
ESDIS Science Operations Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Carol Boquist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jennifer Farnham-Brennan, Global Science and Technology, Inc.
Dr. Brian Krupp, Global Science and Technology, Inc.
Directed and Edited by
Dr. Horace Mitchell, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Written by
Jarrett Cohen, Global Science and Technology, Inc.
Michael Starobin, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc.
Narrated by
Michael Starobin, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc.
Audio Engineering by
Mike Velle, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc.
Music by
Michael Starobin, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc.
MODIS Snow and Ice data courtesy of
Dr. Dorothy Hall, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Vince Salomonson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. George Riggs, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
Arctic Sea Ice data courtesy of the
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences
University of Colorado
MODIS Imagery courtesy of the
MODIS Land Rapid Response Project
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
and the
University of Maryland
Jacques Descloitres, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
Jeffrey E. Schmaltz, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
Blue Marble MODIS data composite courtesy of the
MODIS Science Team
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
and the
NASA Earth Observatory
Reto Stockli, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
RADARSAT data courtesy of the
Canadian Space Agency
Jakobshavn Ice Velocity data courtesy of
Dr. Ian Joughin, University of Washington
QuikSCAT Seawinds data courtesy of the
BYU Center for Remote Sensing
Dr. David Long, Brigham Young University
Permafrost data courtesy of the
United States Geological Survey
and the
International Permafrost Association
Topography data courtesy of the
United States Geological Survey
Cloud data courtesy of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Population data courtesy of the
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
SeaWiFS data courtesy of the
SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye
NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
All other data courtesy of
NASA
NASA EOSDIS and other EOS data distributed by
NASA's Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs)
http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov
Animators
- Alex Kekesi (GST) [Lead]
- Eric Sokolowsky (GST)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
- Kevin Mahoney (CSC)
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
- Marte Newcombe (GST)
- Randall Jones (GST)
- Ryan Boller (NASA/GSFC)
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (KBRwyle)
- Tom Bridgman (GST)
Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (GST)
Writers
- Jarrett Cohen (GST)
- Michael Starobin (KBRwyle)
Scientists
- Mary Jo Brodzik (University of Colorado)
- Richard Armstrong (University of Colorado)
- Ronald Weaver (University of Colorado)
- Waleed Abdalati (University of Colorado Boulder/CIRES)
- Walt Meier (NASA/GSFC)
Narrator
- Michael Starobin (KBRwyle)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
ICESat (Collected with the GLAS sensor)
Landsat-7 (Collected with the ETM+ sensor)
Dataset can be found at: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html
See more visualizations using this data setNimbus-7 (Collected with the SMMR sensor)
RADARSAT-1 (Collected with the SAR sensor)
Credit: Additional credit goes to Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.
See more visualizations using this data setTerra (Collected with the ASTER sensor)
Dataset can be found at: http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov
See more visualizations using this data setTerra (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
SORCE (Collected with the TIM sensor)
DMSP (Collected with the OLS sensor)
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System
See more visualizations using this data setAqua Average Net Flux (Collected with the CERES sensor)
Terra and Aqua Blue Marble Land Cover (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
See more visualizations using this data setCircum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions
Terra CO Mixing Ratio (Collected with the MOPITT sensor)
Comiso's September Minimum Sea Ice Concentration
Aqua Sea Ice Concentration (A.K.A. Daily L3 12.5km Tb, Sea Ice Concentration, and Snow Depth) (Collected with the AMSR-E sensor)
Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb) (Collected with the AMSR-E sensor)
Gridded Population of the World (Version 3 Beta)
Infrared Global Geostationary Composite
Satellite Data Used to Produce WORLD-IR14KM Mosaic: GOES-11 - Southern hemisphere Band 4 10.7 um IR, Northern hemisphere Band 4 10.7 um IR; GOES-12 - Southern hemisphere Band 4 10.7 um IR, Northern hemisphere Band 4 10.7 um IR; Meteosat-7 - Band 8 11.5 um IR; Meteosat-9 - Band 9 10.8 um IR; MTSAT-1R - Band 2 10.8 um IR; NOAA-15 - Band 4 11 micron IR; NOAA-16 - Band 4 11 micron IR; NOAA-17 - Band 4 11 micron IR
Dataset can be found at: http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_catalog/globalir.html
See more visualizations using this data setAqua Instantaneous Net Flux (Collected with the CERES sensor)
Aqua Instantaneous Outgoing Thermal (Collected with the CERES sensor)
Aqua Instantaneous Reflected Flux (Collected with the CERES sensor)
SeaStar ERS SAR-derived Glacial Floes (A.K.A. Land Reflectance) (Collected with the SeaWiFS sensor)
All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye.
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
Dataset can be found at: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/PRODUCTS/
See more visualizations using this data setISTP/CGS Magnetopause (Collected with the Model sensor)
TRMM Monthly Average Precipitation (Collected with the PR and TMI sensor)
NOAA NDVI (Collected with the AVHRR sensor)
SeaStar NDVI (Collected with the SeaWiFS sensor)
All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye.
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
See more visualizations using this data setTerra Outgoing Longwave Radiation (Collected with the CERES sensor)
QuikSCAT SIR (A.K.A. Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR)) (Collected with the SeaWinds sensor)
Aqua Sea Ice Extent and Ice Surface Temperature Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day (MYD29E1D) (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
Dataset can be found at: http://nsidc.org/data/myd29e1d.html
See more visualizations using this data setDMSP September Mean Sea Ice Concentration (Collected with the SSM/I sensor)
Nimbus-7 September Sea Ice Concentration Anomaly (Collected with the SSMR sensor)
Terra Shortwave Radiation (Collected with the CERES sensor)
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.