Sentences with phrase «determine ice sheet mass»
The ICESat mission provided multi-year elevation data needed to determine ice sheet mass balance as well as cloud property information.
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When CryoSat was first conceived more than a decade ago, its main objective was to determine whether Earth's large ice sheets were losing mass at all.
A pair of satellites (GRACE) were launched several years ago to determine mass balance in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.
The rebound can be used to weigh the ice sheet and determine how much mass it has lost and is currently losing, said Doug Wiens, PhD, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
A pair of satellites (GRACE) were launched several years ago to determine mass balance in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.
Abstract: Using measurements of time - variable gravity from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites, we determined mass variations of the Antarctic ice sheet during 2002 — 2005.
The satellites measure changes in gravity to determine mass variations of the entire Antarctic ice sheet.
The software developed will combine individual assessments of ice sheet mass balance to determine a reconciled estimate of ice sheet mass balance, taking into account the spatial and temporal domain of the input data and their uncertainties, and generate summary graphical and tabulated output.
A wealth of historical imagery exists for Greenland, and scientists could use this data to develop even more detailed histories of the ice sheet, and to determine whether the Greenland Ice Sheet was at equilibrium — not losing or gaining mass — in recent timice sheet, and to determine whether the Greenland Ice Sheet was at equilibrium — not losing or gaining mass — in recent tsheet, and to determine whether the Greenland Ice Sheet was at equilibrium — not losing or gaining mass — in recent timIce Sheet was at equilibrium — not losing or gaining mass — in recent tSheet was at equilibrium — not losing or gaining mass — in recent times.
Not surprisingly, scientists are working hard to determine if and when the ice sheet will transition (or if it has already transitioned) from a stable state to a net mass loss state.