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ID: 12204
What if you could measure a glacier in such detail that you could visualize its surface in 3D? And what if you could compare that view with data from one, two, even 20 years ago? NASA airborne campaigns like Operation IceBridge have been measuring Greenland and Antarctica’s glaciers and ice sheets with a range of instruments for years, including radar, lasers, and high resolution cameras, in order to understand just how our planet’s ice is changing. This video shows in unprecedented detail how Greenland’s massive Helheim Glacier has changed over 20 years, using data from instruments like the Airborne Topographic Mapper laser altimeter and the Digital Mapping System cameras, which fly every year on IceBridge missions, and satellite data form the Canadian Space Agency’s Radarsat Satellite. IceBridge plans to return to Helheim again in 2018 to carry on its annual survey.
NASA Views Laser Landscapes of Helheim Glacier
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Credits
Jefferson Beck (USRA): Lead Producer
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Visualizer
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Visualizer
Joe MacGregor (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Kristin Poinar (USRA): Scientist
Michael Studinger (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Ian Howat (Ohio State University): Scientist
Ian Joughin (Polar Science Center, University of Washington): Scientist
Twila Moon (University of Bristol): Scientist
Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia (Telophase): Lead Science Writer
Patrick Lynch (NASA/GSFC): Science Writer
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Videographer
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Visualizer
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Visualizer
Joe MacGregor (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Kristin Poinar (USRA): Scientist
Michael Studinger (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Ian Howat (Ohio State University): Scientist
Ian Joughin (Polar Science Center, University of Washington): Scientist
Twila Moon (University of Bristol): Scientist
Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia (Telophase): Lead Science Writer
Patrick Lynch (NASA/GSFC): Science Writer
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Videographer
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Mission:
Operation IceBridge
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Keywords:
SVS >> Climate
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Ice
SVS >> Lidar
GCMD >> Location >> Arctic
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Operation IceBridge
SVS >> Glaciers
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
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12204
Mission:
Operation IceBridge
Data Used:
RADARSAT-1/SAR
Credit:
Additional credit goes to Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.
Additional credit goes to Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.
Airborne Topographic Mapper
Digital Mapping System also referred to as: DMS Photogrammetry
NASA Ames Airborne Sensor Facility (DMS), Fireball International Services Corp., Cirrus Digital SystemsThis item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies
Keywords:
SVS >> Climate
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Ice
SVS >> Lidar
GCMD >> Location >> Arctic
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Operation IceBridge
SVS >> Glaciers
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
