Earth ID: 3402

Global View of the Arctic and Antarctic on September 21, 2005

Visualizations by Cindy Starr Released on February 15, 2007

In support of International Polar Year, this matching pair of images showing a global view of the Arctic and Antarctic were generated in poster-size resolution. Both images show the sea ice on September 21, 2005, the date at which the sea ice was at its minimum extent in the northern hemisphere. The color of the sea ice is derived from the AMSR-E 89 GHz brightness temperature while the extent of the sea ice was determined by the AMSR-E sea ice concentration. Over the continents, the terrain shows the average land cover for September, 2004. (See Blue Marble Next Generation) The global cloud cover shown was obtained from the original Blue Marble cloud data distributed in 2002. (See Blue Marble:Clouds) A matching star background is provided for each view. All images include transparency, allowing them to be composited on a background.

A tiff version final poster created by NSIDC. A link to a PDF version of the poster can be found at the bottom of this page.

For additional information from NSIDC, click here.

Related Documentation

IPYPoster_10312007.pdf

Visualization Credits

Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Ronald Weaver (University of Colorado): Scientist

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

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Missions:
Terra
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:

Aqua/AMSR-E/Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb)

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Aqua/AMSR-E/Daily L3 12.5km Tb, Sea Ice Concentration, and Snow Depth also referred to as: Sea Ice Concentration

2005-09-21

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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Cloud Cover

2002

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

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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Land Cover

2004-09

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

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Hipparcos/Telescope/Hipparcos Catalogue

Database

http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS

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TRMM/LIS/Lightning

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TRMM/PR and TMI/Monthly Average Precipitation

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/datapool/TRMM/01_Data_Products/index.html

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Hipparcos/Telescope/Tycho 2 Catalogue also referred to as: Tycho Catalogue

Database

http://archive.eso.org/ASTROM/

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Sea Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Pack Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Sea Ice Concentration
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Pack Ice
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

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