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A Sea of Icy Variability

Despite an overall trend of Arctic ice loss, the Bering Sea saw an expansion of sea ice due to a short-lived atmospheric-pressure pattern.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published February 24, 2022
Data acquired February 16, 2022

Sources:
ALOS > PALSAR
Aqua > AMSR-E
DMSP > SSM/I
DMSP > SSMIS
Envisat > ASAR
NOAA-17 POES > AMSU
Nimbus 7 > SMMR
RADARSAT 2