Previous Animation Next Animation Surface Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Summer of 2005 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.    This animation shows daily surface temperature of the Greenland ice sheet from May 1 through September 1, 2005. An overlay contains a date bar, a color bar and text labels. Duration: 1.2 minutes Available formats:   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-4   56 MB   640x360 (30 fps) MPEG-4   13 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-2   58 MB   512x288 (30 fps) MPEG-1   14 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) Frames (Composite)   1280x720 (30 fps) Frames (Overlay)   320x180     PNG           252 KB   160x80       PNG           62 KB   80x40         PNG           16 KB   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG       30 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) WMV         32 MB How to play our movies    This animation shows daily surface temperature of the Greenland ice sheet from May 1 through September 1, 2005. Duration: 1.2 minutes Available formats:   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-4   56 MB   640x360 (30 fps) MPEG-4   13 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-2   56 MB   512x288 (30 fps) MPEG-1   13 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) Frames (Background)   320x180     PNG           253 KB How to play our movies    An image of the average ice sheet surface temperature over Greenland from June 16 through June 24, 2005. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 5 MB   1280 x 720       TIFF 1 MB   320 x 240         PNG     344 KB    An image of the average ice sheet surface temperature over Greenland from August 5 through August 13, 2005. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 5 MB   1280 x 720       TIFF 1 MB   320 x 240         PNG     330 KB    Colorbar for the MODIS Land Surface Temperature. Available formats:   320 x 90           PNG       15 KB Animation Number: 3506 Completed: 2008-04-23 Animator: Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead) Producer: Sarah DeWitt (NASA/GSFC) Scientists: Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)   Nicolo DiGirolamo (SSAI) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: Aqua/AMSR-E   Terra/MODIS   Aqua/AMSR-E/Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb)   Aqua/AMSR-E/Daily L3 12.5km Tb, Sea Ice Concentration, and Snow Depth   Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Land Surface Temperature Data Collected: 2005/05/01 to 2005/09/01 Keywords: DLESE >> Cryology SVS >> HDTV GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Temperature GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow/Ice Temperature GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow/Ice Temperature GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Ice Temperature     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). Back to Top

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