Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2015 Minimum Extent

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    Sea Ice Maximum/Operation IceBridge Live Shots

    March 22nd, 2016
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    B-roll and canned interviews will be added on Thursday, March 24 || Just three months into 2016 and already global temperatures – particularly in the Arctic – are far warmer than normal. Global temperatures for February were the warmest on record for that month.Nowhere is this warming trend felt more than in theArctic where the unusual wintertime warmth has contributed to record low wintertime sea ice extent. Arctic sea ice keeps the Polar Regions cold and helps regulate global temperatures. The shrinking of sea ice is a key indicator of our planet’s health.NASA is monitoring the health of the Arctic from space and the ground. In the coming days NASA will launch two missions – Operation Ice Bridge and OMG (Oceans Melting Greenland). These airborne and ground campaigns to the Arctic will take measurements of sea ice and glacier thickness.Join NASA scientists on Friday, March 25 from 6:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EDT to see new images of this year’s sea ice extent; talk about how the Arctic faired this winter; and find out the latest on NASA missions to the Arctic set to launch in the coming days.Suggested Questions:1. What do the latest images show us about this year’s winter in the Arctic?2. What do the images tell us about the long-term trend?3. NASA is getting ready to send out teams of scientists to the Arctic in the comingdays. What will they be doing?4. Where can we learn more?*** To book a window contact***Michelle Handleman / michelle.z.handleman@nasa.govClick for sea ice Flickr gallery. ||

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    AMSR2 2019 Minimum Arctic Sea Ice Extent

    Sept. 20th, 2019
    (updated Aug. 25th, 2023)

    2019 Sea Ice Minimum Extent || In this animation, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from March 13, 2019 through September 7, 2019, when the ice reaches its annual minimum extent. NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center report that the 2019 Arctic sea ice minimum is the fourth lowest of the 38 year satellite data record, at an area of 1.66 million square miles. Over the land, 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 showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white colour of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the land, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) provides many water-related products derived from data acquired by the AMSR2 instrument aboard the Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1) satellite. Two JAXA datasets used in this animation are the 10-km daily sea ice concentration and the 10 km daily 89 GHz Brightness Temperature. ||

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    AMSR2 2018 Minimum Arctic Sea Ice Extent

    Sept. 27th, 2018
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    Animation of Maximum to Minimum Arctic Sea Ice Extent, 2018, with 30-Year Average || The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) provides many water-related products derived from data acquired by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) instrument aboard the Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1) satellite. Two JAXA datasets used in this animation are the 10-km daily sea ice concentration and the 10 km daily 89 GHz Brightness Temperature.In this animation, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from March 17, 2018 through September 23, 2018, when the ice reaches its annual minimum extent. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white colour of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the land, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. ||

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    AMSR2 2015 Minimum Arctic Sea Ice Extent

    Sept. 10th, 2015
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    In this animation, the Earth rotates slowly as the Arctic sea ice advances over time from February 25, 2015 to September 11, 2015, when the sea ice reached its annual minimum extent. || The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) provides many water-related products derived from data acquired by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) instrument aboard the Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1) satellite. Two JAXA datasets used in this animation are the 10-km daily sea ice concentration and the 10 km daily 89 GHz Brightness Temperature.In this animation, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from February 25, 2015 through the 11th of September, 2015, when the ice reaches its annual minimum extent. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white colour of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the land, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month. ||

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