Perennial Ice Cover: Data (1978-2001) and Projection
A view of the arctic perennial ice cover from 1978 to 2001. The rate of decline averages 9 percent per decade. After 2001, it displays the projected decline in perennial ice cover assuming a loss rate of 9 percent per decade.
Movie of data and projected to 2075.
Measured perennial ice in 1993.
Measured perennial ice in 2001.
Projected ice coverage for 2045.
Projected ice coverage for 2075.
Video slate image reads "Perennial Ice Cover: Data (1978-2001) and Projection (2002-2075)
A view of the arctic perennial ice cover from 1978 to 2001. The rate of decline averages 9 percent per decade. After 2001, it displays the projected decline in perennial ice cover assuming a loss rate of 9 percent per decade."
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, December 31, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Papers used in this visualization
Comiso, J.C., Correlation and trend studies of the sea ice cover and surface temperatures in the Arctic, Annals of Glaciology, Volume 34, (In press, July 2002)
Datasets used in this visualization
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[DMSP: SSM/I]
ID: 11Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager
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[Nimbus-7: SMMR]
ID: 78
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