Melt Season in the Arctic Getting Longer - related image preview

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Melt Season in the Arctic Getting Longer

Satellite data revealed changes in the average start of spring melting and the first autumn freeze.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, based on data from Jeffrey Miller and Thorsten Markus, NASA GSFC.

Published January 29, 2010

Source:
DMSP > SSM/I