Zoom from Jakobshavn Glacier with AMSR-E Daily Sea Ice and MODIS Daily Snow Cover
Beginning from a view of Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier, this animation shows motion of sea ice and snow cover over the Arctic from 10/1/2002 through 6/23/2003 as the camera pulls out to frame the full globe. The false color of the sea ice is derived from the AMSR-E 6.25 km brightness temperature. The sea ice extent is defined by AMSR-E 12.5 km sea ice concentration, identifying all regions having a sea ice concentration of greater than 15%. Because AMSR-E is a passive microwave sensor that functions independently from atmospheric effects, this sensor is able to observe the entire polar region every day, even through clouds and snowfalls.
This animation moves from a view of the Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland to a full global view, showing seasonal changes in Arctic sea ice and global snow cover. (slower version)
![This still image shows the Arctic sea ice along with global snow cover. This still image shows the Arctic sea ice along with global snow cover.](/static/svs/images/no_preview_web_black.png)
This still image shows the Arctic sea ice along with global snow cover.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
Jeff Schmaltz (NASA/GSFC)
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Animators
- Ryan Boller (NASA/GSFC)
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- Waleed Abdalati (NASA/HQ)
- Richard Alley (Pennsylvania State University)
Release date
This page was originally published on Saturday, September 30, 2006.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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[Terra: MODIS]
ID: 116 -
Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb) [Aqua: AMSR-E]
ID: 236 -
Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MOD10C1) [Terra: MODIS]
ID: 504 -
Blue Marble Land Cover [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 510Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Sea Ice Concentration (Level 3 12.5 km Sea Ice Concentration) [Aqua: AMSR-E]
ID: 608
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