Arctic Sea Ice Changes 2011-2012
February 14, 2013
Animation showing changes in monthly Arctic sea ice volume using data from ESA’s CryoSat-2 (red dots) and estimates from the Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS) (solid line) for the 2011 and 2012 winter growth periods (October – April). [ Read The Article ]
Credit: CPOM/UCL/ESA/UW-APL/NSIDC/Planetary Visions
Topics:
Environment, Earth, Physical geography, Glaciology, Spaceflight, Arctic, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Polar ice packs, CryoSat, Aquatic ecology, Arctic Ocean, Sea ice, European Space Agency, Planetary science, ESA
