Mapping the Speed of Ice - related image preview

720 x 545
PNG

Mapping the Speed of Ice - related image preview

1500 x 1000
2 MB - PNG

Mapping the Speed of Ice - related image preview

720 x 545
PNG

Mapping the Speed of Ice - related image preview

2000 x 1333
2 MB - PNG

Mapping the Speed of Ice - related image preview

720 x 480
PNG

Mapping the Speed of Ice - related image preview

4000 x 2500
5 MB - PNG

Mapping the Speed of Ice - related image preview

PNG

Mapping the Speed of Ice

Better Landsat imaging and creative use of software is allowing scientists to map details of changing glaciers and ice sheets.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat-derived ice velocity data courtesy of Alex Gardner, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology and ASTER GDEM data from the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Kate Ramsayer and Mike Carlowicz.

Published December 14, 2016
Data acquired 2013 - 2016

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI