Earth ID: 3378

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Concentration for 1979-2006

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on October 3, 2006

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This animation shows the annual minimum Arctic sea ice extent and concentration from 1979 to 2006. Average climatology from 1979 to 2004 is shown as a yellow outline.

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Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Data Used:

DMSP/SSM/I

1979-2006

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager

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Nimbus-7/SSMR/September Sea Ice Concentration Anomaly

September 2003

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Comiso's September Minimum Sea Ice Concentration

Data Compilation - NASA/GSFC - 1979-2006

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Goddard TV Tape:
G2007-001HD -- NASA's HD Climate Change Resource Tape

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Extent
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