Sea Ice Concentration - Average of 1979 - 2007, Copyright of figures: NERSC/NIERSC

Note: Red line is 15% sea ice concentration contour.

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January February March April
May June July August
September October November December

Note: the value of 15% ice concentration is showed by red line in the figures.

Animation: the average monthly mean sea ice concentration of 1979 - 2007

 

Animation: All monthly mean sea ice concentration from 1978.11 to 2006.9

Data Attribution: The data provided on this website is sourced from the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) Arctic Sea Ice Observing System (https://iceobs.nersc.no), using the NERSC developed NORSEX Sea Ice algorithm. It uses DMSP SMM/I Brightness temperatures (https://nsidc.org/). It is updated daily and intended for informational purposes only. If you use or reference this data, please attribute it to "NERSC Arctic Sea Ice Observing System" and include a link back to this website  (https://iceobs.nersc.no). NERSC makes no warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of the data.​