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Sea ice minimum extent for 1979-2003
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This animation shows the annual minimum sea ice extent and concentration for 24 years, from 1979 to 2003. The year 2002 showed lowest level of sea ice on record. This visualization was created in support of the October 2003 Cryosphere Earth Science Update (ESU).
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1979
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1980
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1981
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1982
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1983
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1984
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1985
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1986
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1987
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1988
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1989
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1990
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1991
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1992
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1993
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1994
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1995
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1996
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1997
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1998
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Sea ice minimum extent for 1999
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Sea ice minimum extent for 2000
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Sea ice minimum extent for 2001
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Sea ice minimum extent for 2002
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Sea ice minimum extent for 2003
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Studio: SVS
Date Completed: October 15, 2003
Duration: 601 frames,
20.0 seconds
Scientist: Josefino Comiso (NASA/GSFC)
Citation: A rapidly declining perennial sea ice cover in the Arctic, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 20, October 2002.
Instrument: DMSP/SSMI
Datasets: MODIS Bluemarble, USGS GTOPO-30
Keywords: ice
Story: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/1023esuice.html
Animation Series: Cryosphere 2003
Please give credit for this visualization to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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