Surface Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Summer of 2005
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- Visualizations by:
- Cindy Starr
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The surface temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet is a sensitive indicator of surface melt extent, frequency, timing and duration. The daily clear-sky surface temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet was measured using MODIS-derived land surface temperature (LST) data-product maps. For this animation, an 8-day moving average of clear-sky surface temperature was generated from May 1 through September 1, 2005. Coldest temperatures are shown here in violet and blue, while warmer temperatures nearing the melting point of zero degrees centigrade are shown in orange and red. The summer season is repeated two times in this animation.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Next Generation Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
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Scientists
- Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)
- Nicolo DiGirolamo (SSAI)
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Producer
- Sarah DeWitt (NASA/GSFC)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
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Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb)
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Aqua Sea Ice Concentration (Daily L3 12.5km Tb, Sea Ice Concentration, and Snow Depth)
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Terra and Aqua Land Surface Temperature
ID: 557
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