U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
GFLGFL
Monitoring our Dynamic PlanetThe Global Fiducials Program
Bruce F. Molnia
July 25, 2012
ARCTIC SEA ICE
Data collection
capabilities
U.S. National Imagery Systems
Data needs
Global Change Science
Global Fiducials Program
Links image collection capabilities of U.S. National Imagery Systems to the data needs of global change scientists
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 Fiducials Program
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 Fiducials Program
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 Fiducials Program
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SHEBA
1998-1999
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Experiment
Resulted in the public release of approximately 60 sea ice images
Aug 18July 13
Sept 5
46 km
28 km
July 13
Aug 18
Sept 5
Aug 10
24 km
Aug 10
Arctic Sea Ice North of Greenland – Summer 2009
Four images of the same area of sea ice, drifting
across the Arctic Ocean
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.