Arctic Ice Concentration in 2006 (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Arctic Ice Concentration in 2006

Caption

The image on the left is an Envisat ASAR mosaic of Arctic ice acquired on Aug. 23, 2006. (Courtesy: Polar View) The right image is an EOS Aqua AMSR-E ice concentration acquired on Aug. 24, 2006. (Courtesy: Leif Toudal Pedersen). There is a significant extent of leads -- fractures and openings in the sea-ice cover -- just below the pole in both the ASAR image, seen as splashes of dark grey and black, and the AMSR-E image (with British Isles shown for scale), seen by the high concentration of yellow, orange and green colours, signifying low ice concentrations.

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Polar View - Leif Toudal Pedersen

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