Arctic Monthly Average Sea Ice Climatology

  • Released Saturday, September 23, 2006
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Sea ice advances and retreats in concert with the seasons. Monthly sea ice climatology is created by averaging the sea ice for each month over a period of many years. This animation shows the monthly average sea ice climatology over the Arctic region derived from years 1979 through 2002.

This animation shows monthly average sea ice climatology from September through August displayed at a rate of two months per second. The month is shown in the upper right corner.

This element contains the monthly sea ice concentration without the text overlay indicating the month.

This element contains the text overlay indicating the month.

This still image shows the monthly sea ice climatology for March.

This still image shows the monthly sea ice climatology for March.

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

This page was originally published on Saturday, September 23, 2006.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.

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