Earth  ID: 3047

22-Year Arctic Surface Temperature Trend

Visualizations by Cindy Starr Released on December 13, 2004
This image shows the 22-year surface temperature trend over the Arctic region. Blue hues indicate areas that are cooling; gold hues depict areas that are warming. Lighter colors indicate less change while darker colors indicate more. The temperature scale steps from zero degrees Celsius in increments of .02 degrees. (See color bar below) The data ranges from -0.162 to +0.487 degrees Celsius.
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This still image shows the 22-Year surface temperature trend over the Arctic.
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This is the associated color bar used to generate the image.

Visualization Credits

Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, Larry Stock, Stephen Pizer (UNC)

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Data Used:
NOAA-7, 9, 11, 14, 16/AVHRR/Arctic Temperature Trends
August 1981 through July 2003
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Dates of Data Used:
August 1981 through July 2003

Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> North Pole
SVS >> Surface Temperature
SVS >> Temperature Trend
GCMD >> Location >> Arctic
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Weather >> Climate Change
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0