Earth  ID: 2848

Arctic Sea Ice Context Shot

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on November 7, 2003
This is a contextual setup animation intended to be shown before the visualization of several cryosphere data sets. The cryosphere data sets are rendered with the same final camera position. This visualization was created in support of the October 2003 Cryosphere Earth Science Update (ESU).
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This is a contextual setup animation intended to be shown before the visualization of several Arctic sea ice/cryosphere datasets.

For More Information

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/1023esuice.html

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
James W. Williams (GST): Animator
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Visualizer
Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

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

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
DMSP/SSM/I
1979-2003
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager
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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2004
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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This item is part of this series:
Cryosphere 2003

Keywords:
SVS >> Ice
NASA Science >> Earth