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2005 Sea Ice over the Arctic derived from AMSR-E
This animation shows the Spring retreat and subsequent Autumn advance of sea ice over the Arctic from 1/1/2005 through 12/31/2005. The false color of the sea ice, derived from the AMSR-E 6.25 km brightness temperature, was designed to highlight the fissures in the sea ice. Moving 3-day minimum brightness temperatures provide a background for smooth ice movement over which the actual daily brightness temperatures were mapped for definition of the ice structures. The sea ice extent was defined by a 3-day moving average of the AMSR-E 12.5 km sea ice concentration, showing as ice all areas having a sea ice concentration greater than 15%.

This animation shows the motion of the sea ice over the Arctic from 1/1/2005 through 12/31/2005.    This animation shows the motion of the sea ice over the Arctic from 1/1/2005 through 12/31/2005.
Duration: 37.0 seconds
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This image shows sea ice over the Arctic on March 11,2005.    This image shows sea ice over the Arctic on March 11,2005.

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Animation Number:3333
Animator:Cindy Starr (SVS) (Lead)
Completed:2006-01-23
Scientist:Waleed Abdalati (NASA/HQ)
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:1/1/2005 through 12/31/2005
Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Temperature
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Sea Ice Concentration
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