Building a Bigger Bridge
March 16, 2011
Operation IceBridge is heading back into the Arctic with two aircraft and the most sophisticated suite of instruments ever flown in polar regions. This year’s mission will focus on sea ice thickness, the Canadian Ice Caps, Greenland ice sheet dynamics, and flyovers of the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 ground validation sites. credit: NASA/ESA
Topics:
Environment, CryoSat, Climate change, Glaciology, Ice sheet, Greenland ice sheet, Space exploration, European Space Agency, Greenland, ESA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration