Arctic Ice Concentration in 2005 (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Arctic Ice Concentration in 2005

Caption

The image on the left is an Envisat ASAR mosaic of Arctic ice acquired on Aug. 24, 2005. (Courtesy: Polar View) The right image is an EOS Aqua AMSR-E ice concentration acquired on the same day. (Courtesy: Leif Toudal Pedersen). The uniform grey area in the ASAR image and the pink colour in the AMSR-E image are both consistent all the way around the pole (black hole), indicating pack ice with 100 percent ice concentration.

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Polar View - Leif Toudal Pedersen

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