A Visual Comparison of Arctic Sea Ice
The University of Bremen, Germany has an excellent site the provides an in depth, visual false-color look at the status of the sea ice coverage and concentration at both polar regions. I will compare the current Arctic sea ice status with that of Jul 29th, 2006 and 2007. I will also include the record minimum at the end of the 2007 melt season. Note the the differences.
The purple colors indicate a higher sea ice concentration, while the greens indicate a lower concentration of sea ice.
July 29th, 2008 (Current)
July 29th, 2007
July 29th, 2006
Record minimum from 2007
Acknowledgment:
Spreen, G., L. Kaleschke, and G. Heygster (2008), Sea ice remote sensing using AMSR-E 89 GHz channels, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2005JC003384
