illuminated by low solar angles, this late 2016 Sentinel-3 OLCI image spectacularly features Greenland ice sheet undulations.
Greenland ice sheet undulations in low solar illumination angle Sentinel-3 imagery
Category: Sentinel-3 monitors the cryosphere
snow blankets the Greenland melt zone
at a time when melting should be in full force and precipitation should perhaps be liquid that solid, Sentinel-3 OLCI provides views of a snow blanketed western Greenland ice sheet ablation area.
(above) 5 July, 2017 1458 UTC, we see surface meltwater lakes poking through fresh snow and even some snow on land (NW quadrant of image).