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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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Animated GIF of Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship and airborne AIRGrav instrument.

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

Visualization of sea surface height anomalies (SSHA) from January 1, 2015 to January 22, 2016.

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Sea surface height anomaly
Sea surface height anomaly

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

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

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ARGO float animation #1
ARGO float animation #1

Visualization of the formation of an El Niño event towards the end of 2009 followed by a 2010 La Niña event.

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2009 El Niño and 2010 La Niña
2009 El Niño and 2010 La Niña

Visualization of the expanse of the annual minimum Arctic sea ice for each year from 1979 to 2014 as derived from SSMI data.

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Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2014 with area graph
Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2014 with area graph

Video: Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Principal Investigator Josh Willis reports about perfect conditions in northwest Greenland that led to a great day for data collection.

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Oceans Melting Greenland 9/24/16 update
Oceans Melting Greenland 9/24/16 update

Visualization of a gravity model created with data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).

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GRACE global gravity animation
GRACE global gravity animation

NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) and Operation IceBridge missions investigate Greenland's thinning ice sheets from above and below.

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Greenland's thinning ice
Greenland's thinning ice

Take a 360-degree view of an iceberg and sea ice during Operation IceBridge flights over Greenland.

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iceberg flyover
Video: Bird's eye view of an iceberg

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

Graphic of global glacial mass loss and area summarized by region.

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Regional rates of glacier loss for 2003 to 2009
Regional rates of glacier loss for 2003 to 2009

Accumulated change in the elevation of the Greenland ice sheet between 2003 and 2012.

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Measuring elevation changes on the Greenland ice sheet
Measuring elevation changes on the Greenland ice sheet

Images show changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2003.

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Antarctic ice loss 2003-2013
Antarctic ice loss 2003-2013

A quick guide to the science behind sea level rise from an ice-loss perspective, what it means in relatable terms and why it matters.

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On thin ice: Why ice loss matters
Video: On thin ice: Why ice loss matters

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

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)

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

B-roll for media on the sea level-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite.

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Media Reel
Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Media Reel

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

Explore how scientists determine glacial speed from space.

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At glacial speed
At glacial speed

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

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

The basics of sea level rise, expressed in everyday terms, and what it means for those on the coast.

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Rising tides: Understanding sea level rise
Video: Rising tides: Understanding sea level rise

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
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