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Week 3 - What we see in the data: Ice Sheet dynamics and change

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Week 3 - What we see in the data: Ice Sheet dynamics and change

Week 3 - What we see in the data: Ice Sheet dynamics and change

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A detailed look at Greenland Ice Sheet dynamics and it's impact on the planet.

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Week content

  • Topic 3a - What the data has revealed - rate of ice melt and internal warming
  • Topic 3b - Measuring sea ice extent and thickening
  • Topic 3c - Ice sheet velocity and seasonal variation (Part 1) - using SAR to measure ice sheet velocity
  • Topic 3c - Ice sheet velocity and seasonal variation (Part 2) - Grounding lines
  • Topic 3d - Coastal ice thinning
  • Topic 3d - Coastal ice thinning

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Professor Konrad Steffen

Director, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)

Dr Rachel Tilling

Research Fellow

Dr Anna Hogg

ESA Living Planet Fellow

Dr Kate Briggs

Research Fellow

Dr Bianca Perren

Quaternary Paleoecologist

Professor Andrew Shepherd

Professor of Earth Observation

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Weeks

Week 1 - Introduction to measuring the Greenland Ice Sheet

Week 2 - Working with satellite data and ground-based measurements of the ice sheet

Week 3 - What we see in the data: Ice Sheet dynamics and change

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