Earth ID: 3899

Seasonal sea ice and snow cover visualizations

Visualizations by Helen-Nicole Kostis Released on January 4, 2017

This set of frames provides the background layer only of the seasonal snow cover and sea ice across the globe from September 2010 to August 2011.

This set of frames provides the dates layer only of the seasonal snow cover and sea ice across the globe from September 2010 to August 2011.

This set of frames provides the background layer only with alpha channel of the snow and sea ice cover in Baffin and Hudson Bay from September 2010 to August 2011.

This set of frames provides the dates layer only with alpha channel of the snow and sea ice cover in Baffin and Hudson Bay from September 2010 to August 2011.

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Visualization Credits

Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA): Lead Visualizer
Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Visualizer
Thorsten Markus (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Data Used:

Terra/MODIS/Bathymetry

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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG

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Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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Terra/MODIS/Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MOD10C1)

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Aqua/AMSR-E/Daily L3 12.5km Tb, Sea Ice Concentration, and Snow Depth also referred to as: Sea Ice Concentration

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Aqua/AMSR-E/Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb)

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow Cover
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Cryosphere >> Snow/ice
SVS >> AMSR-E
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