+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts   + Opportunities Previous Animation Next Animation Sea Ice Minimum Concentration 3-year moving averages for 1979-1981 to 2003-2005 This animation shows a 3-year moving average of minimum sea ice concentration for from 1979-1981 through 2003-2005. Average climatology from 1979 to 2004 which is shown as a yellow outline is also included. This line represents the average location of the edge of perennial sea ice cover.    Sea ice concentration3-year moving average from 1979-1981 through 2003-2005 Duration: 20.0 seconds Available formats:   320x216     PNG           96 KB   720x486 (30 fps) Frames (Sea ice averages 3yr)   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   3 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   14 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   17 MB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       854 KB How to play our movies    Sea ice climatology averages from 1979 to 2004 with 2 pixel wide line Available formats:   720x486 (30 fps) Frames (Outline02pix)   320x216     PNG           17 KB How to play our movies    Sea ice climatology averages from 1979 to 2004 with 5 pixel wide line Available formats:   720x486 (30 fps) Frames (Outline05pix)   320x216     PNG           21 KB How to play our movies    Sea ice concentration3-year average from 1979-1981 Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 6 MB   320 x 240         JPEG     51 KB    Sea ice concentration3-year average from 2003-2005 Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 6 MB   320 x 240         JPEG     52 KB   160 x 80           PNG       23 KB   80 x 40             PNG         7 KB Animation Number: 3267 Completed: 2005-09-26 Animators: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)   James W. Williams (GST) Scientist: Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: DMSP/SSM/I   Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble   GTOPO30   Terra/MODIS/Blue Marble   Comiso's September Minimum Sea Ice Concentration Data Collected: 1979-2005 Keywords: SVS >> Ice GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Extent     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: Content Contact: Curator: