Annual Sea Ice Cycle over Northern Canada
- Visualizations by:
- Alex Kekesi
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Over the course of a year, sea ice in northern Canada pulsates down into the Hudson Bay and retreats northward in the summer months. In the winter months where the sea ice extends down into the bay, polar bears wander onto the ice in search of food. As summer approaches and the sea ice melts, the bears wander back onto the mainland until the next winter. Data for this animation was gathered from the Aqua satellite's Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E). Aqua is a NASA satellite and the AMSR-E instrument onboard was provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). For more information on this story, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/polar_bears.html
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See http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/polar_bears.html
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Animator
- Alex Kekesi (GST) [Lead]
Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (GST)
Scientist
- Claire Parkinson (NASA/GSFC)
Datasets used in this visualization
Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb) (Collected with the AMSR-E sensor)
Aqua Sea Ice Concentration (A.K.A. Level 3 12.5 km Sea Ice Concentration) (Collected with the AMSR-E sensor)
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