Earth ID: 2850

Sea Ice Minimum Extent for 1979-2003

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on November 7, 2003

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This visualization was created in support of the October 2003 Cryosphere Earth Science Update (ESU).

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Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
James W. Williams (GST): Animator
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Visualizer
Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

Science Paper:
A rapidly declining perennial sea ice cover in the Arctic, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 20, October 2002.

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG

1/1/2004 - 12/31/2004

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/

Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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GTOPO30

Model - USGS

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DMSP/SSM/I

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager

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Cryosphere 2003

Keywords:
SVS >> Ice
NASA Science >> Earth