Earth  ID: 2474

Perennial Ice Cover: The Projection (2002-2075)

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on December 31, 2002
Projection of the decline in perennial ice cover assuming a loss rate of 9 percent per decade.
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Projected changes in perennial ice coverage to 2075.
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Projected ice coverage for 2045.
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Projected ice coverage for 2075.
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Projection of the decline in perennial ice cover assuming a loss rate of 9 percent per decade."

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Science Paper:
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)

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Data Used:
DMSP/SSM/I
1987-2001
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager
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Nimbus-7/SMMR
1978-1987
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This item is part of this series:
Perennial Ice Cover

Goddard TV Tape:
G2002-052

Keywords:
DLESE >> Climatology
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> Ice
SVS >> Perennial Ice
GCMD >> Location >> Arctic
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0