+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds Previous Animation Next Animation Greenland Ice Mass Balance This cut away of the Greenland ice sheet shows the high altitude accumulation region and the low altitude ablation (melt) zones. In a warming climate, both melting around the margins and precipitation in the interior increase, causing the ice sheet to grow in the middle and shrink at the edges.    This animation illustrates a cutaway of the high altitude accumulation zones and low altitude melt zones. Available formats:   1280x720   Frames   320x180     PNG           265 KB   160x80       PNG           63 KB   80x40         PNG           16 KB   512x288 (60 fps) MPEG-1   6 MB   1280x720 (60 fps) MPEG-2   33 MB How to play our movies Animation Number: 10152 Animators: Susan Twardy (Lead)   Cindy Starr Studio: NASA Completed: 2007-08-22 Scientist: Waleed Abdalati (NASA/HQ) Writer: Maria Frostic (UMBC) Keywords: SVS >> HDTV GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets >> Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Glaciers/Ice Sheets >> Ice Sheets     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: Content Contact: Curator: