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In a rapidly changing Arctic, the shrinking and thinning sea-ice cover plays an important role as indicator and agent of environmental change. A dramatic shrinking of the perennial ice cover has greatly increased the extent and hence importance of the Arctic seasonal ice zone (SIZ). The SIZ is predicted to occupy much of the Arctic by mid- to late century, but data are sorely lacking to aid in tracking, understanding and predicting change over this important component of the Arctic cryosphere.
Learn more see
- the NSIDC 'All About Sea Ice' page,
- the SIZONET page or
- the Barrow Ice Products page
AM SR-E Sea Ice Concentration -- Last Week Animation
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Data Citation
Cavalieri, D., and J. Comiso. 2004, updated daily. AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Tb, Sea Ice Conc., & Snow Depth Polar Grids V001, March to June 2004. Boulder, CO, USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media. |
National Snow & Ice Data Center
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