Earth
ID: 4138
Cover Candidate for PNAS:
Albedo Decrease Linked to Arctic Sea Ice
Visualizations by
Greg Shirah
Released on March 11, 2014
These still images were generated to be cover candidates for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The images display data from the paper "Observational determination of albedo decrease caused by vanishing Arctic sea ice". Average September Arctic sea ice from 1979 is shown on the top globe of each image. Average September Arctic sea ice from 2012 with change in albedo overlaid is shown in the bottom globe of each image. Two images are provided which use different color tables.This is the first study to document Arctic-wide decrease in planetary albedo using satellite radiation budget measurements and sea ice data. The study finds a very strong correlation between sea ice cover and planetary albedo.
Here are links to the related NASA press release and the article.
Visualization Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio and
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
Science Paper:
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/9/3322.abstract
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Mission:
Terra
Data Used:
Aqua/CERES/Albedo
01/2000 through 09/2012
Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
NIMBUS-7/SMMR/Sea Ice Concentration also referred to as: SMMR
Observed Data - NSIDC - 09/1979 through 07/1987
DMSP/SSM/I/Sea Ice Concentration also referred to as: NSIDC SSMI
Observed Data - NSIDC - 08/1987 through 09/2012
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Cryology
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Radiation >> Albedo
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Albedo
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