1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Monitoring our Dynamic Planet The Global Fiducials Program Bruce F. Molnia July 25, 2012 ARCTIC SEA ICE

2. 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

3.  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

4.   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

5.   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

6. GFL Website – About Page

7. GFL Website – FAQ Page

8. 8 SHEBA1998-1999 Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Experiment Resulted in the public release of approximately 60 sea ice images

9. GFL Sites in the Arctic

10. Poster - 2009

11. National Academy of Sciences Report Supports Use of Intelligence Assets for Environmental Studies

13. Greenland Buoy Tracking From Website

14. Greenland Buoy Tracking Eight months of bouy drift

15. Aug 18 July 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

16. July 7, 2009 July 8, 2009 Shifting of Arctic Sea Ice North of Greenland

17. July 7, 2009 July 8, 2009 Shifting of Arctic Sea Ice North of Greenland

18. 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.

19. Snow Monitoring at Mammoth Mountain, CA Comparison between the 4 seasonal collections in one year – (intra-annual variability of snow accumulation)