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2005 Sea Ice over the Arctic and Antarctic derived from AMSR-E (WMS and Science-on-a-Sphere)
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. This series shows the global sea ice throughout 2005, when the maximum extent occurred on March 7th and the minimum extent occurred on September 21st. Here global data from the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite is shown on a Cartesian grid. The false color in these images 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.

This animation uses a 3-day running average of global daily AMSR-E Sea Ice and fades from day to day over four fames.    This animation uses a 3-day running average of global daily AMSR-E Sea Ice and fades from day to day over four fames.
Duration: 48.0 seconds
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Global daily AMSR-E Sea Ice for 2005 with one frame shown per day.    Global daily AMSR-E Sea Ice for 2005 with one frame shown per day.

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Animation Number:3507
Animator:Cindy Starr (SVS) (Lead)
Completed:2008-07-03
Data sets:Daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz Brightness Temperature (Tb)
 AMSR-E Level 3 12.5 km Sea Ice Concentration
Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
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 Floes
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Growth/Melt
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Types
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Sea Ice Concentration
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Sea Ice Motion
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Freeze/Thaw
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Growth/Melt
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Motion
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Ice Motion
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Ice Floes
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Sea Ice >> Ice Growth/Melt
SVS >> Science on a Sphere
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