Earth  ID: 3571

AMSR-E Arctic Sea Ice: 2005 to 2008

Visualizations by Cindy Starr Released on December 18, 2008
Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent at the end of each summer and the remaining ice is called the perennial ice cover.

In this animation, the globe slowly rotates one full rotation while the Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change throughout the years. The animation begins on September 21, 2005 when sea ice in the Arctic was at its minimum extent, and continues through September 20, 2008. This time period repeats twice during the animation, playing at a rate of one frame per day. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day. This is a modification of animation ID #3404 : Global Rotation showing Seasonal Landcover and Arctic Sea Ice, which only covered a one-year time period.

For a 3D stereo version of this visualization, please visit animation entry: #3578: AMSR-E Arctic Sea Ice: 2005 to 2008 - Stereoscopic Version

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This animation shows seasonal changes in landcover and Arctic sea ice from 2005-09-21 through 2008-09-20. Frames are provided with date information and star field as a backdrop.
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Frames of Arctic sea ice from 2005-09-21 through 2008-09-20 without date information and with alpha channel.
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Frames of the date overlay with alpha channel.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on February 25, 2007 with a starfield backdrop image and date information.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on February 25, 2007. This set provides images with date information and alpha channel.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on March 10, 2007 with a starfield backdrop image and date information.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on March 10, 2007. This set provides images with date information and alpha channel.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on September 14, 2007 with a starfield backdrop image and date information.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on September 14, 2007. This set provides images with date information and alpha channel.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on March 2, 2008 with a starfield backdrop image and date information.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on March 2, 2008. This set provides images with alpha channel.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on March 20, 2008 with a starfield backdrop image and date information.
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The Arctic Sea Ice on March 20, 2008. This set provides images with alpha channel.
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The star field still image used as a backdrop for the visualization.

Visualization Credits

Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Helen-Nicole Kostis (UMBC): Animator
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:
TRMM/PR and TMI/Monthly Average Precipitation
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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 to 2008-09-20
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Aqua/AMSR-E/Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb)
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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Land Cover
2004-01 to 2004-12
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.

Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Land Ice
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
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 >> Ice Floes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Growth/Melt
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Types
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Pack Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Sea Ice Concentration
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Sea Ice Motion
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Freeze/Thaw
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Growth/Melt
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Motion
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Lake Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Motion
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Lake Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Ice Growth/Melt
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Pack Ice
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Ice Melt >> Climage Change
SVS >> Ice Melt >> Seasons
SVS >> Perennial Ice Cover
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