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Sea Ice Minimum Extent for 1979-2003
This visualization was created in support of the October 2003 Cryosphere Earth Science Update (ESU).
This animation shows the annual minimum sea ice extent and concentration for 24 years, from 1979 to 2003. The year 2002 showed lowest level of sea ice on record.
Sea ice minimum extent for 1979
Sea ice minimum extent for 1980
Sea ice minimum extent for 1981
Sea ice minimum extent for 1982
Sea ice minimum extent for 1983
Sea ice minimum extent for 1984
Sea ice minimum extent for 1985
Sea ice minimum extent for 1986
Sea ice minimum extent for 1987
Sea ice minimum extent for 1988
Sea ice minimum extent for 1989
Sea ice minimum extent for 1990
Sea ice minimum extent for 1991
Sea ice minimum extent for 1992
Sea ice minimum extent for 1993
Sea ice minimum extent for 1994
Sea ice minimum extent for 1995
Sea ice minimum extent for 1996
Sea ice minimum extent for 1997
Sea ice minimum extent for 1998
Sea ice minimum extent for 1999
Sea ice minimum extent for 2000
Sea ice minimum extent for 2001
Sea ice minimum extent for 2002
Sea ice minimum extent for 2003
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Credits
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.
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- James W. Williams (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
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.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Papers used in this visualization
A rapidly declining perennial sea ice cover in the Arctic, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 20, October 2002.
Datasets used in this visualization
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[DMSP: SSM/I]
ID: 11Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager
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[GTOPO30]
ID: 415 -
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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