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The Frozen Frontier: Monitoring the Greenland Ice Sheet from Space (FutureLearn)

Jul 10th 2017

European Space Agency

Learn how the Greenland ice sheet is monitored from space and the ground, to understand our past, present and future climate. Made up of layers of compressed snow from over the last 100,000 years, the vast Greenland ice sheet acts as both a valuable record of our past climate and a bellwether for future climate change. This online course highlights how the Greenland ice sheet is monitored from space and the ground. You’ll look at the measurements made possible by Earth Observation (EO) satellites like Cryosat, the technologies and techniques involved, the data generated, and its uses and challenges.

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Energy & Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment

Climate Change, Ice Sheet, Greenland, Earth Observation, Cryosat, Space

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