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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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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 (3D-stereoscopic version)
2009 El Niño and 2010 La Niña (3D-stereoscopic version)

Visualization of the locations of the ARGO buoy array over time (with faster camera move).

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ARGO float animation #2
ARGO float animation #2

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

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

We know seas are rising and we know why. The urgent questions are by how much and how quickly. 

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Infographic: Sea level rise
Infographic: Sea level rise

Animation showing changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2002 based on satellite data.

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Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020
Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

Animation showing changes in Greenland ice mass since 2002 based on satellite data.

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Video: Greenland Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020
Video: Greenland Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

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

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

Video: Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Principal Investigator Josh Willis recaps the last leg of the campaign's survey of northwest Greenland.

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Oceans Melting Greenland 9/28/16 update
Oceans Melting Greenland 9/28/16 update

Animation that uses Earth science data to measure physical oceanography parameters such as ocean currents, ocean winds, sea surface height and sea surface temperature.

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The ocean – a driving force for weather and climate
The ocean – a driving force for weather and climate

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

Whiteboard animation explaining Greenland's melting ice sheet as climate change's canary in a coal mine.

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NASA's Earth Minute: Greenland ice
Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Greenland ice

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

A visualization of how sea level fluctuates around the world.

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Monitoring sea level
Monitoring sea level

An animation shows global sea level trends from 1993 to 2022 as observed by several satellite missions.

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Video: Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise
Video: Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise

Whiteboard animation on NASA's twin GRACE satellites that monitor Earth's gravity field to help scientists understand global water and ice distribution.

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NASA's Earth Minute: Scale in the sky
Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Scale in the sky

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

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

Data from TOPEX/Poseidon was used to produce a computer model of 16 days of tide height.

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TOPEX/Poseidon flat earth tide height model
TOPEX/Poseidon flat earth tide height model

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

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

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

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

Zero- to nine-meter sea level rise scenario in the southeastern United States.

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Sea level rise 'what ifs' in southeastern United States
Sea level rise 'what ifs' in the southeastern United States
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