OMG: Is the Ocean Melting the Ice?

[syzygy]

a team of scientists led by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Josh Willis have launched the Oceans Melting Greenland, or OMG, field campaign. Started in the summer of 2015, OMG is a five-year airborne and ship-based mission to study the role of the oceans in melting Greenland’s ice. Researchers will examine the temperatures and other properties of North Atlantic waters along the coast, while also making measurements of the glaciers that reach the ocean. The OMG team is also building a profile of the seafloor around the island in order to better model how warm, deep ocean water might flow into those fjords and reach the glacier edges.




Read full article at earthobservatory.nasa.gov

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OMG bathymetry.kmz (629 B)

[jeanthie]

Syzygy, good to see your posts again

Jeanthie

[syzygy]

...been around, just collected some post-worthy stuff for GE! 
Good to know not to be forgotten, not even by you Mr. President! (;

Best,
g