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Change in Elevation over Greenland
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.

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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.

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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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Animation Number:3410
Completed:2007-03-15
Animator:Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead)
Scientists:Waleed Abdalati (NASA/GSFC)
 Jay Zwally (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:ICESat/GLAS
 ISTP/CGS/Model/Bow Shock
Data Collected:2003 - 2006
Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets >> Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Growth/Melt
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow Melt
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).


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