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Monitoring our Dynamic Planet The Global Fiducials Program

ARCTIC SEA ICE. Monitoring our Dynamic Planet The Global Fiducials Program. Bruce F. Molnia July 25, 2012. Links image collection capabilities of U.S. National Imagery Systems to the data needs of global change scientists. Data collection capabilities U.S. National Imagery Systems.

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Monitoring our Dynamic Planet The Global Fiducials Program

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  1. ARCTIC SEA ICE Monitoring our Dynamic PlanetThe Global Fiducials Program Bruce F. Molnia July 25, 2012

  2. Links image collection capabilities of U.S. National Imagery Systems to the data needs of global change scientists Data collection capabilities U.S. National Imagery Systems Data needs Global Change Science Global Fiducials Program

  3. Create an archive of U.S. National Imagery Systems data Long-term record of environmentally pertinent sites Look toward the day when data are declassified Global FiducialsProgram

  4. Global FiducialsProgram • Create an archive of U.S. National Imagery Systems data • Long-term record of environmentally pertinent sites • Look toward the day when data are declassified

  5. Global FiducialsProgram • Create an archive of U.S. National Imagery Systems data • Long-term record of environmentally pertinent sites • Look toward the day when data are declassified

  6. GFL Website – About Page

  7. GFL Website – FAQ Page

  8. SHEBA 1998-1999 Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Experiment Resulted in the public release of approximately 60 sea ice images

  9. GFL Sites in the Arctic

  10. Poster - 2009

  11. National Academy of Sciences Report Supports Use of Intelligence Assets for Environmental Studies

  12. Greenland Buoy TrackingFrom Website

  13. Greenland Buoy Tracking Eight months of bouy drift

  14. July 13 July 13 46 km Aug 18 Aug 10 Aug 18 24 km 28 km Sept 5 Aug 10 Sept 5 Arctic Sea Ice North of Greenland – Summer 2009 Four images of the same area of sea ice, drifting across the Arctic Ocean

  15. Shifting of Arctic Sea Ice North of Greenland July 7, 2009 July 8, 2009

  16. Shifting of Arctic Sea Ice North of Greenland July 7, 2009 July 8, 2009

  17. Snow Monitoring at Mammoth Mountain, CA The Mountain is a NASA snow surface energy exchange study supersite. Scientists are studying the snow-water equivalency, capacity, timing of runoff for reservoir management, and prevention of flooding in times of excessive precipitation.

  18. Snow Monitoring at Mammoth Mountain, CA Comparison between the 4 seasonal collections in one year – (intra-annual variability of snow accumulation)

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