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05.24.10
Arctic Flights Enter Final Week
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On May 20, crew prepared NASA's P-3 for takeoff from Thule Air Base for a low-altitude survey of Greenland's northwest coast. The flight was the last of the campaign's high-priority mission plans, leaving four medium-priority flights to be made, weather permitting. Credit: NASA/Jim Yungel On May 21, the IceBridge team returned to the northwest coast, concluding a comprehensive four-flight survey of the region. During the weekend closure of the air base, crews performed routine aircraft maintenance while scientists worked to process data. Now, Operation IceBridge enters its final week of the Arctic 2010 field campaign, as the P-3 is scheduled to transit back to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., on May 28.
05.17.10
IceBridge Transits to Thule
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Credit: NASA/Jim Yungel The P-3, crew and scientists departed Kangerlussuaq today and flew over Jakobshavn Fjord (right) on the way back to Thule, Greeland, where the remainder of the Arctic 2010 IceBridge mission will be based. During the transit, scientists also collected data over science targets such as Jakobshavn Glacier, Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier, and old tracks from the ICESat satellite. "Another good day for Operation IceBridge," wrote project scientist Michael Studinger in a report from the field.
The IceBridge team flew a total of eight science missions from Kangerlussuaq. Flights from Thule continue through May 28.
05.11.10
Kanger Flights Survey Outlet Glaciers
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Credit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen KANGERLUSSUAQ – IceBridge is well underway, having completed three missions from Kangerlussuaq since flights started here on May 7 with a survey of Geikie Plateau in southeast Greenland. On May 8, scientists surveyed Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq glaciers, also in southeast Greenland. The flight on May 10 was rerouted due to ash from Iceland’s volcano, so scientists surveyed west coast targets including Sukkertoppen ice dome and Russell Glacier (above). Today’s mission was cancelled due to weather. Visit the IceBridge blog for stories and images from the field. Credit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen
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05.07.10
Greenland Flights Resume Today
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Credit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen On Wednesday, May 5, NASA’s P-3B aircraft arrived in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, where crew and researchers will spend the next few weeks making as many science flights as weather allows. The new antenna structure for the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) instrument, which measures ice sheet thickness, snow thickness, and maps the varied terrain below the Arctic ice, can be seen mounted below the aircraft’s wing. The first flight from Kangerlussuaq lifted off this morning.
Connect with the IceBridge twitter feed and blog for regular updates from the field.
04.30.10
Radars Ready for Flight
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On Thursday, April 29, crew at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., flew an "engineering check out" flight for newly installed radar instruments on the P-3B aircraft. Credit: Rick Hale, University of Kansas On Thursday, April 29, crew at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., flew an "engineering check out" flight for newly installed radar instruments on the P-3B aircraft. The radars will measure ice sheet thickness, snow thickness, and map the varied terrain below the Arctic ice. Missions flown May 3-28 from Kangerlussuaq and Thule, Greenland, will mark the second half of the Arctic 2010 IceBridge campaign.
04.27.10
IceBridge Mission at Halfway Point
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On April 19, 2010, the IceBridge team flew underneath the clouds in difficult conditions to collect critical data for monitoring changes in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: Michael Studinger The 2010 Operation IceBridge mission to the Arctic is nearing its halfway point and wrapping up flights with NASA's DC-8 research airplane. In just over four weeks since leaving Palmdale, Calif., on March 21, scientists and crew have flown 14 successful missions over the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland Ice Sheet. They have been in the air for more than 120 hours and have flown a distance greater than 1.5 times around the world.
IceBridge project scientist Michael Studinger, from the Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County, wrote from Thule, Greenland, to discuss some of the mission's accomplishments and critical moments, including one important flight that was almost thwarted by the Arctic weather.
> Read more about The Sea Ice Flight that Almost Wasn't
> Watch the IceBridge Halfway Point Video
04.22.10
Out From Thule, For Now
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Post-storm snow removal in Thule, Greenland, created a "clear" runway for the successful sea ice flight on April 19. Credit: NASA/Jim Yungel The first half of the Arctic IceBridge 2010 mission is now complete. Today, crews packed the DC-8 and planned to fly from Thule to Kangerlussaq, Greenland, where they will drop equipment. Next they fly to Bangor, Maine, where scientists and crew will stay overnight before making transit flights back to Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va.
The mid-mission point marks the end of a series of successful flights with the DC-8. On Tuesday, April 20, ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite passed overhead just 12 minutes prior to the DC-8's pass, marking the first-ever underflight of the new ice-observing satellite.
On April 19 and April 21, weather and logistics permitted the IceBridge team to finally fly a high-priority mission -- flights from Thule to Fairbanks that cross the entire Arctic Ocean, providing a detailed snapshot of the sea ice conditions over a very large part of the Arctic.
The DC-8 may be done for the Arctic 2010 campaign, but crews at Wallops are working long hours to upload and test instruments on the P-3B aircraft. The P-3B is scheduled to fly from Kangerlussuaq and Thule, Greenland, for the remainder of the Arctic 2010 campaign, which runs through May.
04.014.10
Antenna Installation
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Engineers install antennas for the MCoRDS instrument on the P-3B aircraft. Credit: NASA/Patrick Black Engineers at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops, Va., work on the P-3B aircraft to install antennas for the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) instrument -- a University of Kansas radar that measures ice sheet thickness and maps the varied terrain below the ice. The P-3B will fly next month from Kangerlussuaq and Thule, Greenland, after the DC-8 returns in late April.
On April 5, the DC-8 flew a low-altitude sea ice flight over the Beaufort Sea, and flew again on April 9 for a high-altitude flight to map Rink Isbrаe, a glacier in northwest Greenland. Another low-altitude sea ice flight was made on April 12 over the Arctic Ocean, followed by a low-altitude survey over the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream on April 13. Crews wait for weather to improve in order to make a high-priority sea ice flight from Thule, Greenland to Fairbanks, Alaska.
04.02.10
Open Water in the Northwest Passage
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Stretches of open water within the sea ice, or "leads," were seen during today's low-altitude flight to survey the Northwest Passage. Credit: NASA/Jim Yungel Crew flew the Northwest Passage through a range of weather including blues skies, low level clouds and ice fog. The Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrument collected elevation data for 97 percent of the planned flight lines, and University of Kansas' radar instruments also successfully collected data.
Yesterday, unfavorable weather grounded the DC-8 in Thule amid light snow and a temperature of about 3 degrees F. The next flight opportunity is Monday, April 5.
03.31.10
Flying the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
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Credit: Jim Yungel/NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Nunataks -- hills or mountains encircled by a glacier -- could be seen from the DC-8 during the sixth IceBridge flight on Tuesday, March 30. The flight marked the first of a four-flight series to measure the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. Crews flew six parallel, low-altitude passes up and down the inland portion of the Zachariae and 79 North glaciers. The beds of these glaciers are below sea level, which has implications for how the glaciers interact with ocean water and how they lose ice.
On Monday, March 29, IceBridge crew flew a high-altitude survey of northwest Greenland coastal areas. Today's forecast prevented IceBridge crews from flying a mission, and the aircraft was towed back into the hangar.
For more images from this flight, visit the IceBridge blog.
03.26.10
"Quick Look" Image Shows Arctic Sea Ice
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A sample of preliminary data from the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) show a swath of relatively thick sea ice measured during a sea ice flight on March 26. This image contains preliminary data and is not for scientific analysis. Credit: Rob Russell/ATM team IceBridge flights continue this week with a successful mission Friday, March 26, to map sea ice to the north and east of Greenland, including an "ice arch" structure in Nares Strait. The ATM collected data throughout all clear areas, which amounted to 98 percent of the flight lines. Kansas University's radars also collected data throughout the flight. Friday's flight follows a day off for the DC-8 and crew, grounded due to unfavorable wind conditions on Thursday.
03.24.10
IceBridge Makes First Arctic 2010 Science Flights
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NASA's DC-8 sits on the tarmac after arriving in Thule, Greenland. Credit: Jim Yungel/NASA's Wallops Flight Facility On March 22, NASA scientists, engineers and crew arrived in Thule, Greenland, where they have started taking off for IceBridge science flights over the region's glaciers and sea ice. On March 23, the crew flew a high-altitude mission over sea ice. Patchy areas of low "ice fog" and clouds led the crew to occasionally descend to as low as 1,000 feet, but the Airborne Topographic Mapper penetrated almost all of the clouds and successfully measured surface elevation. A high-altitude transit over Ellesmere Island allowed crew to test the Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor. Now, the team waits for weather to cooperate for a flight to Fairbanks, Alaska, to map sea ice.
03.18.10
NASA IceBridge Mission Prepares for Study of Arctic Glaciers
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NASA's DC-8 sits on the runway at Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., prior to the Operation IceBridge test flight on March 17, 2010. Testing objectives for each instrument were successfully met during the 5.8-hour flight. Credit: NASA/Tom Tschida NASA's Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth's polar ice, kicks off its second year of study when NASA aircraft arrive in Greenland March 22.
The IceBridge mission allows scientists to track changes in the extent and thickness of polar ice, which is important for understanding ice dynamics. IceBridge began in March 2009 as a means to fill the gap in polar observations between the loss of NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat, and the launch of ICESat-2, planned for 2015. Annual missions fly over the Arctic in March and April and over Antarctica in October and November.
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03.12.10
Prepping the ATM for the Next Campaign
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Wallops engineer Kyle Krabill cross checks the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) distance measurement using a Distance Measurement Unit. Credit: NASA/James Yungel The Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM), developed at NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., is an airborne laser that pulses laser light in circular scans on the ground. The pulses reflect back to the aircraft and are converted into elevation maps of the ice surface. On March 3, Wallops engineer Kyle Krabill (above) used a Distance Measurement Unit (DMU) to measure from a spot under the ATM instrument on NASA's DC-8 to a target about 500 feet away. The DMU measurement provides a cross check with the ATM's distance measurement.
The work was performed in preparation for the March-May 2010 deployment of NASA's IceBridge mission to Greenland. By March 10, engineers had finished installing all IceBridge instruments, including the ATM, onto NASA's DC-8 at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.
03.04.10
NASA Readies for Arctic 2010 IceBridge Campaign
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Image Credit: John Sonntag/Wallops Flight Facility
In August 2008, NASA scientist John Sonntag, of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., captured this view of a small iceberg as it moved down the Narsarsuaq fjord in southern Greenland. "I spent about half an hour watching that little berg, which was in the process of disintegrating during the time I was watching," Sonntag said. "It went from a complete, small berg to a collection of floating ice rubble within that small span of time. The place was so quiet that the noise of the berg softly coming apart was the only sound present."
Sonntag's observation took place during the 2008 NASA and Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) airborne deployment in Greenland. This March, Sonntag and other scientists return to the Arctic for big picture and little picture views of the ice as part of NASA's six-year Operation IceBridge mission -- the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown -- now entering its second year.
Arctic Flights Enter Final Week
> Larger imageOn May 20, crew prepared NASA's P-3 for takeoff from Thule Air Base for a low-altitude survey of Greenland's northwest coast. The flight was the last of the campaign's high-priority mission plans, leaving four medium-priority flights to be made, weather permitting. Credit: NASA/Jim Yungel On May 21, the IceBridge team returned to the northwest coast, concluding a comprehensive four-flight survey of the region. During the weekend closure of the air base, crews performed routine aircraft maintenance while scientists worked to process data. Now, Operation IceBridge enters its final week of the Arctic 2010 field campaign, as the P-3 is scheduled to transit back to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., on May 28.
05.17.10
IceBridge Transits to Thule
> Larger imageCredit: NASA/Jim Yungel The P-3, crew and scientists departed Kangerlussuaq today and flew over Jakobshavn Fjord (right) on the way back to Thule, Greeland, where the remainder of the Arctic 2010 IceBridge mission will be based. During the transit, scientists also collected data over science targets such as Jakobshavn Glacier, Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier, and old tracks from the ICESat satellite. "Another good day for Operation IceBridge," wrote project scientist Michael Studinger in a report from the field.
The IceBridge team flew a total of eight science missions from Kangerlussuaq. Flights from Thule continue through May 28.
05.11.10
Kanger Flights Survey Outlet Glaciers
> Larger imageCredit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen KANGERLUSSUAQ – IceBridge is well underway, having completed three missions from Kangerlussuaq since flights started here on May 7 with a survey of Geikie Plateau in southeast Greenland. On May 8, scientists surveyed Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq glaciers, also in southeast Greenland. The flight on May 10 was rerouted due to ash from Iceland’s volcano, so scientists surveyed west coast targets including Sukkertoppen ice dome and Russell Glacier (above). Today’s mission was cancelled due to weather. Visit the IceBridge blog for stories and images from the field. Credit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen
Connect with the IceBridge twitter feed and blog for regular updates from the field.
05.07.10
Greenland Flights Resume Today
> Larger ImageCredit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen On Wednesday, May 5, NASA’s P-3B aircraft arrived in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, where crew and researchers will spend the next few weeks making as many science flights as weather allows. The new antenna structure for the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) instrument, which measures ice sheet thickness, snow thickness, and maps the varied terrain below the Arctic ice, can be seen mounted below the aircraft’s wing. The first flight from Kangerlussuaq lifted off this morning.
Connect with the IceBridge twitter feed and blog for regular updates from the field.
04.30.10
Radars Ready for Flight
> Larger ImageOn Thursday, April 29, crew at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., flew an "engineering check out" flight for newly installed radar instruments on the P-3B aircraft. Credit: Rick Hale, University of Kansas On Thursday, April 29, crew at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., flew an "engineering check out" flight for newly installed radar instruments on the P-3B aircraft. The radars will measure ice sheet thickness, snow thickness, and map the varied terrain below the Arctic ice. Missions flown May 3-28 from Kangerlussuaq and Thule, Greenland, will mark the second half of the Arctic 2010 IceBridge campaign.
04.27.10
IceBridge Mission at Halfway Point
> Larger ImageOn April 19, 2010, the IceBridge team flew underneath the clouds in difficult conditions to collect critical data for monitoring changes in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: Michael Studinger The 2010 Operation IceBridge mission to the Arctic is nearing its halfway point and wrapping up flights with NASA's DC-8 research airplane. In just over four weeks since leaving Palmdale, Calif., on March 21, scientists and crew have flown 14 successful missions over the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland Ice Sheet. They have been in the air for more than 120 hours and have flown a distance greater than 1.5 times around the world.
IceBridge project scientist Michael Studinger, from the Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County, wrote from Thule, Greenland, to discuss some of the mission's accomplishments and critical moments, including one important flight that was almost thwarted by the Arctic weather.
> Read more about The Sea Ice Flight that Almost Wasn't
> Watch the IceBridge Halfway Point Video
04.22.10
Out From Thule, For Now
> View larger imagePost-storm snow removal in Thule, Greenland, created a "clear" runway for the successful sea ice flight on April 19. Credit: NASA/Jim Yungel The first half of the Arctic IceBridge 2010 mission is now complete. Today, crews packed the DC-8 and planned to fly from Thule to Kangerlussaq, Greenland, where they will drop equipment. Next they fly to Bangor, Maine, where scientists and crew will stay overnight before making transit flights back to Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va.
The mid-mission point marks the end of a series of successful flights with the DC-8. On Tuesday, April 20, ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite passed overhead just 12 minutes prior to the DC-8's pass, marking the first-ever underflight of the new ice-observing satellite.
On April 19 and April 21, weather and logistics permitted the IceBridge team to finally fly a high-priority mission -- flights from Thule to Fairbanks that cross the entire Arctic Ocean, providing a detailed snapshot of the sea ice conditions over a very large part of the Arctic.
The DC-8 may be done for the Arctic 2010 campaign, but crews at Wallops are working long hours to upload and test instruments on the P-3B aircraft. The P-3B is scheduled to fly from Kangerlussuaq and Thule, Greenland, for the remainder of the Arctic 2010 campaign, which runs through May.
04.014.10
Antenna Installation
> View larger imageEngineers install antennas for the MCoRDS instrument on the P-3B aircraft. Credit: NASA/Patrick Black Engineers at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops, Va., work on the P-3B aircraft to install antennas for the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) instrument -- a University of Kansas radar that measures ice sheet thickness and maps the varied terrain below the ice. The P-3B will fly next month from Kangerlussuaq and Thule, Greenland, after the DC-8 returns in late April.
On April 5, the DC-8 flew a low-altitude sea ice flight over the Beaufort Sea, and flew again on April 9 for a high-altitude flight to map Rink Isbrаe, a glacier in northwest Greenland. Another low-altitude sea ice flight was made on April 12 over the Arctic Ocean, followed by a low-altitude survey over the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream on April 13. Crews wait for weather to improve in order to make a high-priority sea ice flight from Thule, Greenland to Fairbanks, Alaska.
04.02.10
Open Water in the Northwest Passage
> View larger imageStretches of open water within the sea ice, or "leads," were seen during today's low-altitude flight to survey the Northwest Passage. Credit: NASA/Jim Yungel Crew flew the Northwest Passage through a range of weather including blues skies, low level clouds and ice fog. The Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrument collected elevation data for 97 percent of the planned flight lines, and University of Kansas' radar instruments also successfully collected data.
Yesterday, unfavorable weather grounded the DC-8 in Thule amid light snow and a temperature of about 3 degrees F. The next flight opportunity is Monday, April 5.
03.31.10
Flying the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
> View larger imageCredit: Jim Yungel/NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Nunataks -- hills or mountains encircled by a glacier -- could be seen from the DC-8 during the sixth IceBridge flight on Tuesday, March 30. The flight marked the first of a four-flight series to measure the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. Crews flew six parallel, low-altitude passes up and down the inland portion of the Zachariae and 79 North glaciers. The beds of these glaciers are below sea level, which has implications for how the glaciers interact with ocean water and how they lose ice.
On Monday, March 29, IceBridge crew flew a high-altitude survey of northwest Greenland coastal areas. Today's forecast prevented IceBridge crews from flying a mission, and the aircraft was towed back into the hangar.
For more images from this flight, visit the IceBridge blog.
03.26.10
"Quick Look" Image Shows Arctic Sea Ice
> View larger imageA sample of preliminary data from the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) show a swath of relatively thick sea ice measured during a sea ice flight on March 26. This image contains preliminary data and is not for scientific analysis. Credit: Rob Russell/ATM team IceBridge flights continue this week with a successful mission Friday, March 26, to map sea ice to the north and east of Greenland, including an "ice arch" structure in Nares Strait. The ATM collected data throughout all clear areas, which amounted to 98 percent of the flight lines. Kansas University's radars also collected data throughout the flight. Friday's flight follows a day off for the DC-8 and crew, grounded due to unfavorable wind conditions on Thursday.
03.24.10
IceBridge Makes First Arctic 2010 Science Flights
> View larger imageNASA's DC-8 sits on the tarmac after arriving in Thule, Greenland. Credit: Jim Yungel/NASA's Wallops Flight Facility On March 22, NASA scientists, engineers and crew arrived in Thule, Greenland, where they have started taking off for IceBridge science flights over the region's glaciers and sea ice. On March 23, the crew flew a high-altitude mission over sea ice. Patchy areas of low "ice fog" and clouds led the crew to occasionally descend to as low as 1,000 feet, but the Airborne Topographic Mapper penetrated almost all of the clouds and successfully measured surface elevation. A high-altitude transit over Ellesmere Island allowed crew to test the Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor. Now, the team waits for weather to cooperate for a flight to Fairbanks, Alaska, to map sea ice.
03.18.10
NASA IceBridge Mission Prepares for Study of Arctic Glaciers
> View larger imageNASA's DC-8 sits on the runway at Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., prior to the Operation IceBridge test flight on March 17, 2010. Testing objectives for each instrument were successfully met during the 5.8-hour flight. Credit: NASA/Tom Tschida NASA's Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth's polar ice, kicks off its second year of study when NASA aircraft arrive in Greenland March 22.
The IceBridge mission allows scientists to track changes in the extent and thickness of polar ice, which is important for understanding ice dynamics. IceBridge began in March 2009 as a means to fill the gap in polar observations between the loss of NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat, and the launch of ICESat-2, planned for 2015. Annual missions fly over the Arctic in March and April and over Antarctica in October and November.
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03.12.10
Prepping the ATM for the Next Campaign
> View larger imageWallops engineer Kyle Krabill cross checks the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) distance measurement using a Distance Measurement Unit. Credit: NASA/James Yungel The Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM), developed at NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., is an airborne laser that pulses laser light in circular scans on the ground. The pulses reflect back to the aircraft and are converted into elevation maps of the ice surface. On March 3, Wallops engineer Kyle Krabill (above) used a Distance Measurement Unit (DMU) to measure from a spot under the ATM instrument on NASA's DC-8 to a target about 500 feet away. The DMU measurement provides a cross check with the ATM's distance measurement.
The work was performed in preparation for the March-May 2010 deployment of NASA's IceBridge mission to Greenland. By March 10, engineers had finished installing all IceBridge instruments, including the ATM, onto NASA's DC-8 at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.
03.04.10
NASA Readies for Arctic 2010 IceBridge Campaign
Image Credit: John Sonntag/Wallops Flight Facility
In August 2008, NASA scientist John Sonntag, of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., captured this view of a small iceberg as it moved down the Narsarsuaq fjord in southern Greenland. "I spent about half an hour watching that little berg, which was in the process of disintegrating during the time I was watching," Sonntag said. "It went from a complete, small berg to a collection of floating ice rubble within that small span of time. The place was so quiet that the noise of the berg softly coming apart was the only sound present."
Sonntag's observation took place during the 2008 NASA and Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) airborne deployment in Greenland. This March, Sonntag and other scientists return to the Arctic for big picture and little picture views of the ice as part of NASA's six-year Operation IceBridge mission -- the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown -- now entering its second year.
Arctic 2010 Campaign
March - May
Multimedia
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Arctic 2010 YouTube Video →
Operation IceBridge Arctic 2010 campaign in Greenland.
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Arctic Sea Ice: Sep '09 to Mar '10 →
Animation of the Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change over time.
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IceBridge 2010, a liveshot with Lora Koenig
Goddard cryospheric scientist Lora Koenig discusses IceBridge and the 2010 Arctic sea ice maximum
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Arctic 2010 Campaign Overview
An introduction to the science objectives and key players for the Operation IceBridge Arctic 2010 field campaign in Greenland.
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Greenland 2009 Ice Flights
Annual March through May measurements of ice thickness.
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Melting Ice, Rising Seas
Sea level can rise for two reasons, melting land ice and warmer ocean temperatures, both linked to a warming planet.
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 "Nearly every spring since 1991, researchers including William Krabill of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., have flown on a NASA aircraft over Greenland, collecting measurements of ice thickness from an altitude of about 2,000 feet.")
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More IceBridge Multimedia
View and download IceBridge edited features, animations, footage and more from the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.