Summer Arctic Sea Ice Retreat: May - August 2013

  • Released Thursday, August 22, 2013
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) provides many water-related products derived from data acquired by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) instrument aboard the Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1) satellite. Two JAXA datasets used in this animation are the 10-km daily sea ice concentration and the 10 km daily 89 GHz Brightness Temperature.

In this animation, the daily Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from May 16, 2013 through August 15, 2013. Over the water, Arctic sea ice changes from day to day showing a running 3-day minimum sea ice concentration in the region where the concentration is greater than 15%. The blueish white color of the sea ice is derived from a 3-day running minimum of the AMSR2 89 GHz brightness temperature. Over the terrain, monthly data from the seasonal Blue Marble Next Generation fades slowly from month to month.

The full composited animation of the Arctic sea ice between May and August, 2013 with the date overlay and the star background.

A print resolution image of the Arctic sea ice on August 15, 2013.

A print resolution image of the Arctic sea ice on August 15, 2013.

The Earth layer with transparency.

The date overlay with transparency.

The background star field.

Credits

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Thursday, August 22, 2013.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:51 PM EDT.

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Datasets used

  • GTOPO30 Topography and Bathymetry

    ID: 274
    Type: Data Compilation Collected by: USGS
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  • BMNG (Blue Marble: Next Generation) [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]

    ID: 508
    Sensor: MODIS

    Credit: 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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  • GIMP Greenland DEM (Greenland Mapping Project (GIMP) Digital Elevation Model)

    ID: 746
    Type: Data Compilation Collected by: Courtesy of Ian Howat, OSU
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  • 10 km Daily Sea Ice Concentration [SHIZUKU (GCOM-W1): AMSR2]

    ID: 795
    Type: Observed Data Sensor: AMSR2 Collected by: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Dates used: 2013/05/14 - 2013/08/17

    Credit: AMSR2 data courtesy of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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  • 10 km Daily 89 GHz Brightness Temperature [SHIZUKU (GCOM-W1): AMSR2]

    ID: 796
    Type: Observed Data Sensor: AMSR2 Collected by: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Dates used: 2013/05/14 - 2013/08/17

    Credit: AMSR2 data courtesy of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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