Sea Ice Ebbs and Flows - related image preview

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Sea Ice Ebbs and Flows - related image preview

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Sea Ice Ebbs and Flows - related image preview

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Sea Ice Ebbs and Flows

These satellite-based maps show sea ice concentration in the Arctic and Antarctic during September 2008 and February 2009, the months of the sea ice maximums and minimums in the respective hemispheres.


NASA maps by Jesse Allen, based on AMSR-E data from NSIDC. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published April 21, 2009
Data acquired September 4, 2008 - February 28, 2009

Source:
Aqua > AMSR-E