Earth Observation from Space: The Cryosphere

An introduction to the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. In this topic, Andrew Shepherd discusses satellite data and the impact that melting ice sheets have on our planet

The differences between ice sheets and ice shelves, and how they can help understand the climate, how it has changed in the past, and how it may change in the future

Louise Sandberg Sørensen explains how Ice sheet topography helps to track changes in ice sheets and provides important information for modelling glacier dynamics

Ice sheet flow is the movement of ice across ice sheets and glaciers. Understanding the movement of ice to the oceans is fundamental for understanding sea-level rise

This topic explains grounding lines and how scientists use satellites to identify the zone between where a glacier sits on land and where it starts to float on water

Monitoring the mass balance of ice sheets can tell us the extent to which loss of ice contributes to global sea level rise. Louise Sandberg Sørensen explains how to measure mass balance using GRACE theory

In this topic, David Vaughan provides an introdution to SAR imaging and explains why it has become vitally important to glaciology

Ice cores tell us about past atmospheric composition and they help us to predict the future of the climate. David Vaughan explains how ice cores are used to verify satellite data

David Vaughan has been observing the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the last 30 years. In this topic, he explains how he has personally experienced the decline of the ice sheet

Week 3 end of week interactive exercise - ice sheet mass balance inter-comparison exercise (IMBIE)