Arctic Sea Ice Four Year Moving Average

  • Released Friday, November 7, 2003
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This visualization was created in support of the October 2003 Cryosphere Earth Science Update (ESU).

This animation shows a moving four year average of annual minimum sea ice extent and concentration from 1979-1982 through 2000-2003.

Average of sea ice minumum extent from 2000 through 2003

Average of sea ice minumum extent from 2000 through 2003

Average of sea ice minumum extent from 1979 to 1982

Average of sea ice minumum extent from 1979 to 1982

For More Information

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

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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.

This page was originally published on Friday, November 7, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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Papers used in this visualization

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

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