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Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) GLISTIN-A & AXCTD - Animated GIF

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Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship & AIRGrav instrument - Animated GIF

Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship & airborne AIRGrav instrument

Animation depicting a ship collecting measurements of the depth and shape of the sea floor, as well as an aircraft measuring free-air gravity with the AIRGrav instrument, which also provides information about the depth of the ocean.

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