Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent for January - related image preview

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Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent for January - related image preview

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Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent for January

This image shows average Arctic sea ice concentration for January 2011, the lowest January extent in the satellite record.


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using AMSR-E data and sea ice extent contours courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Caption by Michon Scott.

Published February 8, 2011
Data acquired January 1 - 31, 2011

Source:
Aqua > AMSR-E