Summer Arctic Sea Ice Retreat: May - August 2013
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 May 16, 2013 through August 15, 2013. 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 color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month.
The full composited animation of the Arctic sea ice between May and August, 2013 with the date overlay and the star background.
A print resolution image of the Arctic sea ice on August 15, 2013.
The Earth layer with transparency.
The date overlay with transparency.
The background star field.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Animator
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producer
- Jefferson Beck (USRA)
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Scientists
- Walt Meier (NASA/GSFC)
- Nathan T. Kurtz (NASA/GSFC)
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Project support
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, August 22, 2013.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:51 PM EDT.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
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GTOPO30 Topography and Bathymetry
ID: 274 -
BMNG (Blue Marble: Next Generation) [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 508Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
This dataset can be found at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
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GIMP Greenland DEM (Greenland Mapping Project (GIMP) Digital Elevation Model)
ID: 746 -
10 km Daily Sea Ice Concentration [SHIZUKU (GCOM-W1): AMSR2]
ID: 795Credit: AMSR2 data courtesy of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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10 km Daily 89 GHz Brightness Temperature [SHIZUKU (GCOM-W1): AMSR2]
ID: 796Credit: AMSR2 data courtesy of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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