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Thumbnail for entry Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Iceberg B-46 Calving Event

Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Iceberg B-46…

duration 2 minutes 38 seconds

Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Iceberg B-46…

Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Iceberg B-46 Calving Event

Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Iceberg B-46 Calving Event

In late October, 2018, West Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier released about 300 square kilometers (100 square miles) of ice. The largest iceberg, B46, was 226 square kilometers. With…

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atlas of a changing earth
avl
ncsa
geoscience
climate change
icebergs
antarctica
From  Jeffrey Carpenter 6 plays 0  
Date of creation
9/6/2021 12:00 AM
Video credits
Visualization by Advanced Visualization Lab, NCSA, University of Illinois
Contributors and team members
DEM data created by the Polar Geospatial Center from DigitalGlobe, Inc. imagery; optical imagery from LANDSAT; radar mapping from ESA’s Sentinel-1 satellite.
Thumbnail for entry Mapping Semi-Arid Woodland Trees and Carbon with 50cm Satellite Data - Tree Size Breakdown

Mapping Semi-Arid Woodland Trees and Carbon with…

duration 1 minute 51 seconds

Mapping Semi-Arid Woodland Trees and Carbon with…

Mapping Semi-Arid Woodland Trees and Carbon with 50cm Satellite Data - Tree Size Breakdown

Mapping Semi-Arid Woodland Trees and Carbon with 50cm Satellite Data - Tree Size Breakdown

Satellite imagery is used to count tree size in the African Sahara and Sahel. This video uses artificial color to illustrate the relative sizes of the individual trees and shrubs in the count. …

ace
atlas of a changing earth
avl
ncsa
climate
forestry
From  Jeffrey Carpenter 5 plays 0  
Date of creation
9/9/2021 12:00 AM