The melt season for the Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun. Mapping for the Greenland Ice Sheet is suspended for the winter. Calibration of yearly melt detection requires analysis of the springtime snow conditions by a separate program. See our March 18, 2013 post for more discussion of melt calibration.
Our interactive chart supports a retrospective look at past Greenland melt seasons. This will remain available for our users.
Daily image updates will resume for the Greenland Ice Sheet in April 2023.
Acknowledgements: Greenland Ice Sheet Today is produced at the National Snow and Ice Data Center by Ted Scambos, Julienne Stroeve, and Lora Koenig with support from NASA. NSIDC thanks Jason Box, Xavier Fettweis, and Thomas Mote for data and collaboration.
