Change in Elevation over Greenland

  • Released Thursday, July 26th, 2007
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:55PM
  • ID: 3410

Changes in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are critical in quantifying forecasts for sea level rise. Since its launch in January 2003, the ICESat elevation satellite has been measuring the change in thickness of these ice sheets. This image of Greenland shows the changes in elevation over the Greenland ice sheet between 2003 and 2006, The pink and red regions indicate a slight thickening, while the blue and purple shades indicate a thinning of the ice sheet.

This image portrays changes in the elevation over the Greenland ice sheet onto topography of Greenland measured by ICESat.

This image portrays changes in the elevation over the Greenland ice sheet onto topography of Greenland measured by ICESat.

This image portrays changes in the elevation over the Greenland ice sheet onto GTOPO30 elevation.

This image portrays changes in the elevation over the Greenland ice sheet onto GTOPO30 elevation.

This color bar represents the changes in elevation measured over Greenland. Warm colors indicate thickening and cool colors indicate thinning. Areas of no change are white.

This color bar represents the changes in elevation measured over Greenland. Warm colors indicate thickening and cool colors indicate thinning. Areas of no change are white.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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