Southern Tip to Eastern Coast Pan

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Greenland: Pan Southern Tip to East Coast

This animation shows the ice concentration in Greenland. The ice has decreased significantly (~50 cm/year) along the coast and increased slightly in the center (+2 cm/year). Researchers view this as yet another serious warning sign of the threat of global warming.

Start at the south tip of Greenland and pan east to area of significant ice decrease

Metadata

  • Sensor

    ATM/ATM

  • Animation ID

    1257

  • Video ID

    SVS2000-0018

  • Start Timecode

    1:07:10:00

  • End Timecode

    1:08:27:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2000/06/25

  • Scientist

    Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)

  • Citation

    Krabill, W., Abdalati, W., Frederick, E., Manizade, S., Martin, C., Sonntag, J.,Swift, R., Thomas, R., Wright, W. and Yungel, J. 2000. Greenland ice sheet:High-elevation balance and peripheral thinning. Science 289: 428-430.

  • Datasets

    Topography

  • Keywords

    Ice, GCMD--Location--Greenland, Laser Altimeter

  • DLESE Subject

    Physical geography, Climatology, Cryology

  • Data Date

    1993/06-1993/07, 1994/05-1994/06, 1998/06-1998/07,1999/05, 1999/06-1999/07

  • Story URL

    stories/greenland/index.html

  • Animation Type

    Regular