Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Sea Ice Surface Temperature with Regions of No Data Indicated (WMS)
Instrument:
Aqua/MODIS
Instrument:
Terra/MODIS
Description:
This color bar shows the colors used to represent the sea ice surface temperature. The coldest water is shown in light blue. The warmest sea ice is shown in shades of pink. As the sea ice surface temperatures cool below -15 degrees Celsius, the color is shown in shades of purple. The sea ice surface below -28 degrees Celsius is shown in shades of blue and grey.
Abstract:
This animation shows the daily sea ice surface temperature over the northern hemisphere from September 2002 through May 2003. The sea ice surface temperature was measured by the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite. Since this instrument cannot take measurements through clouds, in cloud-covered regions or areas with suspect data quality, the prior day's value is retained until a valid data reading is obtained. The satellite instruments are also unable to collect data in the dark, so the region around the pole is shown here with a grey cap that grows and shrinks, indicating the region in polar darkness. The color of the sea ice indicates the sea ice surface temperature.
Completed:
2004-10-22
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Cindy Starr (Lead)
Animator:
Eric Sokolowsky
Scientist:
George Riggs (SSAI)
Series:
WMS
Data Collected:
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/01
DEPC Metadata:
*DEPC Metadata* is available here.
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
GCMD
Keywords:
EARTH SCIENCE
Keywords:
Cryology
Keywords:
Oceans
Keywords:
Sea Ice
Keywords:
Cryosphere
Keywords:
Snow/Ice
Keywords:
Hydrosphere
Keywords:
Ice Temperature
Keywords:
Snow/Ice Temperature
Web Map Service:
*This product is available through our Web Map Service. Click here to learn more. [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…]*
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
September 2002
facet_when:
May 2003
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Polar
facet_what:
WMS
facet_what:
sea ice
facet_when_year:
2003
facet_when_year:
2002
Animation Number:
3037
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003000/a0030 37/seaice_bar-IMAGE
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Sea Ice Surface Temperature with Regions of No Data Indicated (WMS)