From Sea Ice to Ice Streams

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

ICESat First Light Release: From Sea Ice to Ice Streams

The following profile shows the dramatic change in elevation from coastal Antarctica, which is covered in sea ice for most of the year, to the center of the continent. It starts near the Amundsen Sea and travels inward, ending over the West Antarctic Ice Streams where we get a look at this dynamic portion of the polar landscape. (The green elevation profile in this animation is exaggerated vertically by a factor of 10x.)

A slice of ICESat elevation data (170 meter post-spaced) near the Amundsen Sea coastline laying over a flat RADARSAT texture.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    ICESat/GLAS, Terra/MODIS

  • Animation ID

    2742

  • Video ID

    SVS2003-0015

  • Start Timecode

    01:05:42:00

  • End Timecode

    01:07:22:00

  • Animator

    Alex Kekesi, Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/05/23

  • Scientist

    Chris Shuman (NASA/GSFC), Jay Zwally (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    ICESat/GLAS Elevation

  • Keywords

    laser

  • Data Date

    ICESat/GLAS:2003/02/21, Terra/MODIS:2001/06-2001/09, RADARSAT:1997/09/26-1997/11/04

  • Copyright Info

    Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT International Inc.

  • Animation Type

    Regular