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AMSR-E Arctic Sea Ice Yearly Maximum from 2003 through 2008
Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean, typically averaging a few meters in thickness. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its maximum extent at the end of each winter, generally in February or March.

This series of images of the yearly sea ice maximum extent depicts data from the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite. The false color in these images of sea ice is derived from the daily AMSR-E 6.25 km 89 GHz brightness temperature while the sea ice extent is derived from the daily AMSR-E 12.5 km sea ice concentration.


The 2008 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 9, 2008.    The 2008 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 9, 2008.

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The 2007 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 11, 2007.    The 2007 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 11, 2007.

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The 2006 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 10, 2006.    The 2006 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 10, 2006.

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The 2005 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 7, 2005.    The 2005 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 7, 2005.

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The 2004 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on February 27, 2004.    The 2004 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on February 27, 2004.

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The 2003 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 20, 2003.    The 2003 maximum sea ice extent that occurred on March 20, 2003.

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Animation Number:3498
Animator:Cindy Starr (SVS) (Lead)
Completed:2008-03-13
Scientist:Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC)
Instrument:Aqua/AMSR-E
Data sets:Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb)
 AMSR-E Level 3 12.5 km Sea Ice Concentration
Data Collected:2008/03/09, 2007/03/11, 2006/03/10, 2005/03/07, 2004/02/27, 2003/03/20
Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Sea Ice
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Pack Ice
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Sea Ice Concentration
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Ice Extent
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Pack Ice
 
 
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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).


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