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Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Concentration for 1979-2006
This animation shows the annual minimum Arctic sea ice extent and concentration from 1979 to 2006. Average climatology from 1979 to 2004 is shown as a yellow outline.
Yearly Arctic sea ice concentrations 1979 to 2006 (with dates and climatology average)
Yearly Arctic sea ice concentrations 1979 to 2006

Date overlay files corresponding to yearly sea ice

Sea ice climatology averages from 1979 to 2004

Arctic sea ice from Sep 14, 2006 (with climatology average)

Arctic Sea ice from Sep 14, 2006

Arctic Sea ice from Sep 21, 1979
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, October 3, 2006.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.
Datasets used
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[DMSP: SSM/I]
ID: 11Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Microwave Imager
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September Sea Ice Concentration Anomaly [Nimbus-7: SSMR]
ID: 421 -
Comiso's September Minimum Sea Ice Concentration
ID: 540
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