These metal layers, formed through meteoric ablation, appear to be sensitive to global atmospheric changes related to changing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane.

So once the physician verifies that the focus spot is on the target he has chosen, then we move to perform a full energy ablation like you see here.

During both flights a near real time analysis was carried out over glaciers to determine the accumulation and ablation areas and estimate glacier mass balance, important parameters for climate research and hydrology.