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Measuring Greenland's ice (poster)

Greenland's melting ice (poster)

A poster titled 'Measuring Greenland's Ice' depicting the various measurement mechanisms that will be utilized by the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission.

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Oceans Melting Greenland

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NASA JPL-UC Irvine glaciologist Eric Rignot explains how glaciers in West Antarctica are changing.

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Unstoppable (West Antarctic melt) – narrated
Unstoppable West Antarctic melt (narrated)

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth-observing satellites from NASA and European partners, including EUMETSAT and the French space agency CNES.

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Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree
Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree

Visualization of the locations of the ARGO buoy array over time.

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ARGO float animation #1
ARGO float animation #1

Local change and global rise of sea levels, as measured by satellites from 1993 through 2015.

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Rising seas, by decade
Rising seas, by decade

TOPEX-Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly in the Pacific from August 1, 1996 to August 3, 1997.

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El Niño: TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly from August 1, 1996 to August 3, 1997
El Niño: TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly from August 1, 1996 to August 3, 1997

Animation of the West Antarctic region under study by JPL researchers, including glacier velocity data.

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West Antarctic collapse (non-narrated)
West Antarctic collapse (non-narrated)

An animation with voiceover narration showing the global ocean tides as a complex system of rotating and trapped waves with a mixture of frequencies.

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Video: Global Ocean Tides
Video: Global Ocean Tides

Visualization showing total sea level change between 1992 and 2014, based on data from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites.

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22-year sea level rise - TOPEX/JASON
22-year sea level rise - TOPEX/JASON

A visualization shows ocean currents circulating Pine Island Bay and flowing under Pine Island Glacier.

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Video: Ocean Flows Under Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica
Video: Ocean Flows Under Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

Visualization that captures sea surface temperature anomalies around the world from 1982 to 2017.

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Sea surface temperature anomaly timeline: 1982-2017
Video: Sea surface temperature anomaly timeline: 1982-2017

This animation shows how global sea levels have risen more than 80 millimeters (3.15 inches) over the past three decades, which is like covering the U.S. in about 4 meters (about 13 feet) of water over that period.

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Animation: Global Sea Level Change (1992-2017)
Animation: Global Sea Level Change (1992-2017)

This movie shows the evolution of several regions of the Greenland Ice Sheet between 2008 and 2300 based on three different climate scenarios.

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Greenland Ice Sheet: Three Futures
Video: Greenland Ice Sheet - Three Futures

Visualization of monthly changes in ocean bottom pressure data obtained by the GRACE satellites from November 2002 to January 2012.

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Ocean bottom pressure from GRACE
Ocean bottom pressure from GRACE

Animation of the average yearly change in global land ice mass during 2003-2010 from all of the world's glaciers and ice caps (excluding Greenland and Antarctica).

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Global mass balance from GRACE
Global mass balance from GRACE

TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly in the Pacific from September 15, 1996 to September 21, 1997.

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El Niño: TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly from September 15, 1996 to September 21, 1997
El Niño: TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly from September 15, 1996 to September 21, 1997

Animation showing mass changes over Greenland with a colorbar, graph and clock overlay.

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Greenland ice sheet mass changes from NASA GSFC GRACE mascon solutions with banded color scale
Greenland ice sheet mass changes from NASA GSFC GRACE mascon solutions with banded color scale

Animation of how ice is naturally transported from interior topographic divides to the coast via glaciers.

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Greenland ice flow
Greenland ice flow

Animated GIF of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, scheduled to launch in November 2020.

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Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Whiteboard animation on the basic science behind sea level rise.

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NASA's Earth Minute: Sea level rise
Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Sea level rise

Images from GRACE satellite data show Greenland ice mass changes since 2003.

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Greenland ice loss 2003-2013
Greenland ice loss 2003-2013

NASA is studying the Earth's ice and water to better understand how sea level rise might affect us all.

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Melting ice, rising seas
Melting ice, rising seas

Animated GIF of Oceans Melting Greenland GLISTIN-A instrument observing Greenland's glacier front; aircraft deploying ocean probes.

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

This visualization shows total sea level change between 1992 and 2019, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites.

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Video: 27-Year Sea Level Rise
Video: 27-Year Sea Level Rise

This animation compares sea surface salinity (saltiness) data from two NASA datasets from 2015 to 2017.

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Animation: Sea Surface Salinity Comparison (2015-2017)
Animation: Sea Surface Salinity (Saltiness) Comparison (2015-2017)

Explore Kaneohe Bay with NASA’s CORAL scientists. During field campaigns, scientists take in-water (in situ) measurements to validate the data from airborne instruments.

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Video: Explore Kaneohe Bay with NASA's CORAL scientists
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