Yearly Arctic Temperature Anomaly

  • Released Thursday, October 23, 2003
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This animation shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region from 1981-82 through 2002-03. Years run from August 1 through July 31. Blue hues indicate cooling regions; red hues depict warming. Light regions indicate less change while darker regions indicate more. The temperature scale used ranges from -7.0 to +7.0 degrees Celsius in increments of .25 degrees (see color bar below).

The yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region from 1981-82 through 2002-03.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1981 through 07/31/1982.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1981 through 07/31/1982.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1982 through 07/31/1983.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1982 through 07/31/1983.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1983 through 07/31/1984.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1983 through 07/31/1984.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1984 through 07/31/1985.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1984 through 07/31/1985.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1985 through 07/31/1986.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1985 through 07/31/1986.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1986 through 07/31/1987.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1986 through 07/31/1987.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1987 through 07/31/1988.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1987 through 07/31/1988.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1988 through 07/31/1989.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1988 through 07/31/1989.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1989 through 07/31/1990.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1989 through 07/31/1990.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1990 through 07/31/1991.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1990 through 07/31/1991.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1991 through 07/31/1992.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1991 through 07/31/1992.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1992 through 07/31/1993.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1992 through 07/31/1993.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1993 through 07/31/1994.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1993 through 07/31/1994.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1994 through 07/31/1995.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1994 through 07/31/1995.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1995 through 07/31/1996.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1995 through 07/31/1996.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1996 through 07/31/1997.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1996 through 07/31/1997.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1997 through 07/31/1998.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1997 through 07/31/1998.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1998 through 07/31/1999.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1998 through 07/31/1999.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1999 through 07/31/2000.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/1999 through 07/31/2000.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/2000 through 07/31/2001.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/2000 through 07/31/2001.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/2001 through 07/31/2002.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/2001 through 07/31/2002.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/2002 through 07/31/2003.

This image shows the yearly temperature anomaly over the Arctic region for the year 08/01/2002 through 07/31/2003.

The color bar used in this visualization.

The color bar used in this visualization.

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Larry Stock and Robert Gersten also contributed to this project.

This page was originally published on Thursday, October 23, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

Series

This visualization can be found in the following series:

Papers used in this visualization

A rapidly declining perennial sea ice cover in the Arctic, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 20, October 2002.

Datasets used in this visualization

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