Change in September Arctic sea-ice extent
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Created 12 Nov 2009
Published 12 Nov 2009
Last modified 16 Jan 2018
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The 'extent' column includes the area near the pole not imaged by the sensor
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Last upload:
- 09 Aug 2007
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Temporal coverage:
- 1979-2006
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Tags:
- climate , arctic region , belgrade , ice
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Geographic coverage:
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- Access is managed by the owner mentioned below. Please contact the owner for more information about their data policy.
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Owners:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
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Figure type:
- Graph
Additional information
It is assumed to be entirely ice covered with at least 15 % concentration. However, the 'area' column excludes the area not imaged by the sensor. This area is 1.19 million km2 for SMMR (35) (from the beginning of the series through June 1987) and 0.31 million square kilometres for SSM/I (36) (from July 1987 to present). Therefore, there is a discontinuity in the 'area' data values in this file at the June/July1987 boundary.
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/change-in-september-arctic-sea-ice-extent or scan the QR code.
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