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

This image shows a view of the Earth on September 21, 2005 with the full Arctic region visible.    This image shows a view of the Earth on September 21, 2005 with the full Arctic region visible.

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  320 x 320         PNG 405 KB
  160 x 80           PNG 27 KB
  80 x 40             PNG   7 KB


This image shows a view of the Earth on September 21, 2005 with the full Antarctic region visible.    This image shows a view of the Earth on September 21, 2005 with the full Antarctic region visible.

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  8400 x 8400     TIFF 63 MB
  320 x 320         PNG 397 KB


This image contains a star background for the image of the Earth with the Arctic visible.    This image contains a star background for the image of the Earth with the Arctic visible.

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This image contains a star background for the image of the Earth with the Antarctic visible.    This image contains a star background for the image of the Earth with the Antarctic visible.

Available formats:
  8400 x 8400     TIFF 3 MB
  320 x 320         PNG 59 KB


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. <p>For additional information from NSIDC, click <a href='/redirects/www.nsidc.org-pubs-education_resources-20070213_IPYposter.html#Togetacopyoftheposterputfilenamehere.htmlredirects.html'>here</a>.    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.

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  174 x 272         GIF 33 KB

Animation Number:3402
Animator:Cindy Starr (Lead)
Studio:SVS
Completed:2007-02-08
Scientist:Ronald Weaver (University of Colorado)
Instruments:Aqua/AMSR-E
 Terra/MODIS
Data sets:Blue Marble Clouds
 Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb)
 AMSR-E Level 3 12.5 km Sea Ice Concentration
 Blue Marble Next Generation Seasonal Landcover
 Hipparcos and Tycho Star Catalogues
Data Collected:AMSR-E Sea Ice: 2005-09-21; Blue Marble cloud layer 2002; Blue Marble Next Generation Seasonal Landcover 2004-09
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
Related Documentation is available:
IPYPoster_10312007.pdf
 
 
Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).


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