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<\/p>\nat a time when melting should be in full force and precipitation should perhaps be liquid that solid, Sentinel-3 OLCI provides\u00a0views of a snow blanketed\u00a0western Greenland ice sheet ablation area.<\/p>\n
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(above) 5\u00a0July, 2017 1458 UTC, we see surface meltwater lakes poking through fresh snow and even some snow on land (NW quadrant of image).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
at a time when melting should be in full force and precipitation should perhaps be liquid that solid, Sentinel-3 OLCI provides\u00a0views of a snow blanketed\u00a0western Greenland ice sheet ablation area. (above) 5\u00a0July, 2017 1458 UTC, we see surface meltwater lakes poking through fresh snow and even some snow on land (NW quadrant of image).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxG8S-Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69,"url":"https:\/\/snow.geus.dk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/20\/greenland-ice-sheet-undulations-in-low-solar-illumination-angle-sentinel-3-imagery\/","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":0},"title":"Greenland ice sheet undulations in low solar illumination angle Sentinel-3 imagery","date":"July 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"illuminated by low solar angles, this late 2016\u00a0Sentinel-3 OLCI image spectacularly features Greenland ice sheet undulations.","rel":"","context":"In "Sentinel-3 monitors the cryosphere"","img":{"alt_text":"Sentinel-3 OLCI 864 29 October, 2016 1415 UTC","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864-1024x779.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":133,"url":"https:\/\/snow.geus.dk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/26\/web-story-sentinel-3-validation-team-forge-ahead-with-satellite-data\/","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":1},"title":"Web Story: Sentinel-3 validation team forge ahead with satellite data","date":"September 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"link to 16 MARCH 2017 Web Story Sentinel-3 Validation Team forge ahead with satellite data Cryosphere Excerpt copied form above link: Sentinel-3 is providing key observations addressing cryosphere's evolution given that decreasing snow cover is one of the clearest indicators of a warming climate. 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