A Digital Mapping System Mosaic of Arctic Sea Ice (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A Digital Mapping System Mosaic of Arctic Sea Ice

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This is a Digital Mapping System (DMS) mosaic of Arctic sea ice. The dark areas are leads, or open areas of water. Identifying leads is one of the necessary steps in preparing IceBridge’s quick look sea ice thickness data product.

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Credit: NASA / DMS team

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