Sea Ice Minimum Concentration for 1979-2005

  • Released Tuesday, September 27, 2005
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This animation shows the annual minimum sea ice extent and concentration for 25 years, from 1979 to 2005. Average climatology from 1979 to 2004 which is shown as a yellow outline is also included.
Three year moving average are shown from 1979-1981 through 2003-2005.

Yearly sea ice concentrations 1979 to 2005 (with dates and climatology average)

Yearly sea ice concentrations 1979 to 2005

Yearly sea ice concentrations 1979 to 2005

Date overlay files corresponding to yearly sea ice

Date overlay files corresponding to yearly sea ice

Sea ice climatology averages from 1979 to 2004 with 2 pixel wide line

Sea ice climatology averages from 1979 to 2004 with 2 pixel wide line

Sea ice climatology averages from 1979 to 2004 with 5 pixel wide line

Sea ice climatology averages from 1979 to 2004 with 5 pixel wide line

Sea ice from Sep 21, 1979

Sea ice from Sep 21, 1979

Sea ice from Sep 21, 2005

Sea ice from Sep 21, 2005

Sea ice from Sep 21, 2005 (with climatology outline)

Sea ice from Sep 21, 2005 (with climatology outline)

Credits

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Tuesday, September 27, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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