Greenland full west coast

  • Released Sunday, June 25, 2000
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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.

Greenlands ice concentration change: blues represent significant loss and yellow represent sublte gains in ice

Entire country of Greenland: full data

Entire country of Greenland: full data

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See http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/greenland/index.html

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This page was originally published on Sunday, June 25, 2000.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.

Related papers

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.

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 used

  • Topography [Airplane: Airborne Topographic Mapper]

    ID: 232
    Sensor: Airborne Topographic Mapper Dates used: 1993/06-1993/07, 1994/05-1994/06, 1998/06-1998/07,1999/05, 1999/06-1999/07
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