Changes in Monthly Arctic Sea Ice Volume (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Animation showing changes in monthly Arctic sea ice volume using data from ESA's CryoSat-2 (red dots) and estimates from the Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS) (solid line) for the 2011 and 2012 winter growth periods (October – April).

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Credit CPOM/UCL/ESA/UW-APL/NSIDC/Planetary Visions

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