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Sea Ice Minimum Extent for 1979-2003
This visualization was created in support of the October 2003 Cryosphere Earth Science Update (ESU).
This animation shows the annual minimum sea ice extent and concentration for 24 years, from 1979 to 2003. The year 2002 showed lowest level of sea ice on record.

Sea ice minimum extent for 1979

Sea ice minimum extent for 1980

Sea ice minimum extent for 1981

Sea ice minimum extent for 1982

Sea ice minimum extent for 1983

Sea ice minimum extent for 1984

Sea ice minimum extent for 1985

Sea ice minimum extent for 1986

Sea ice minimum extent for 1987

Sea ice minimum extent for 1988

Sea ice minimum extent for 1989

Sea ice minimum extent for 1990

Sea ice minimum extent for 1991

Sea ice minimum extent for 1992

Sea ice minimum extent for 1993

Sea ice minimum extent for 1994

Sea ice minimum extent for 1995

Sea ice minimum extent for 1996

Sea ice minimum extent for 1997

Sea ice minimum extent for 1998

Sea ice minimum extent for 1999

Sea ice minimum extent for 2000

Sea ice minimum extent for 2001

Sea ice minimum extent for 2002

Sea ice minimum extent for 2003
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- James W. Williams (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, November 7, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Missions
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This page can be found in the following series:Related papers
A rapidly declining perennial sea ice cover in the Arctic, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 20, October 2002.
A rapidly declining perennial sea ice cover in the Arctic, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 20, October 2002.
Datasets used
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[DMSP: SSM/I]
ID: 11Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager
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[GTOPO30]
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BMNG (Blue Marble: Next Generation) [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 508Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
This dataset can be found at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
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