Earth  ID: 2838

Iceberg B-15A: Sample Composite

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on October 23, 2003
A 100 mile long iceberg, named B-15A, cracked in two between October 7th and 9th, 2003. B-15A broke off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in 2000. Since its calving in 2000, it has made delivery of fuel and supplies to McMurdo Station difficult.
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Animation depicting iceberg B-15A cracking in two.
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B-15A on October 7th, 2003. If you look closely, you can see the beginnings of the crack.
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B-15A on October 9th, 2003. In this image, the crack is easily visible, appearing in the center of the image.
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100 mile long iceberg B-15A cracks in two between October 7-9, 2003. B-15A broke off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in 2000 and has made delivery of fuel and supplies to McMurdo Station difficult since its calving."

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Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, MODIS Rapid Response Team. (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)

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Data Used:
Aqua/MODIS
2003/10/07-2003/10/09
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RADARSAT-1/SAR
1997/09/26-1997/11/04
Credit:
Additional credit goes to Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.
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Iceberg B-15A

Keywords:
SVS >> Iceberg
SVS >> McMurdo
GCMD >> Location >> Antarctica
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

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