Leisurely January Growth for Arctic Sea Ice

Sea ice extent for January 2016 was one of the lowest on record since space-based observations began in 1978.

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NASA Earth Observatory maps by Jesse Allen, using data from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) sensor on the Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water (GCOM-W1) satellite. Caption by Adam Voiland, based on materials provided by the National Snow & Ice Data Center.

Published February 18, 2016
Data acquired January 2016

Source:

GCOM-W1 > AMSR-2