Surface Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Summer of 2005

  • Released Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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The surface temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet is a sensitive indicator of surface melt extent, frequency, timing and duration. The daily clear-sky surface temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet was measured using MODIS-derived land surface temperature (LST) data-product maps. For this animation, an 8-day moving average of clear-sky surface temperature was generated from May 1 through September 1, 2005. Coldest temperatures are shown here in violet and blue, while warmer temperatures nearing the melting point of zero degrees centigrade are shown in orange and red. The summer season is repeated two times in this animation.

This animation shows daily surface temperature of the Greenland ice sheet from May 1 through September 1, 2005. An overlay contains a date bar, a color bar and text labels.

This animation shows daily surface temperature of the Greenland ice sheet from May 1 through September 1, 2005.

An image of the average ice sheet surface temperature over Greenland from June 16 through June 24, 2005.

An image of the average ice sheet surface temperature over Greenland from June 16 through June 24, 2005.

An image of the average ice sheet surface temperature over Greenland from August 5 through August 13, 2005.

An image of the average ice sheet surface temperature over Greenland from August 5 through August 13, 2005.

Colorbar for the MODIS Land Surface Temperature.

Colorbar for the MODIS Land Surface Temperature.

Credits

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Next Generation Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

This page was originally published on Wednesday, April 23, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.

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