Polar Ice Caps
Arctic Sea Ice; Antarctic Ice Shelves; Related News, Analysis and Links
Daily image update
Sea ice data updated daily, with one-day lag. Orange line in extent image (left) and gray line in time series (right) indicate 1979 to 2000 average extent for the day shown. Click for high-resolution image. Learn about update delays, which occasionally occur in near-real-time data. Read about the data. Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center
OceanView
Sea Surface Temperatures
GOES Floater Imagery – 30 minute updates
Atlantic Views GOES-East
Atlantic Wide View Infrared Image
Western Atlantic IR (color enhanced) Image
GOES-West
Pacific Wide View Infrared Image
North East Pacific IR (color enhanced) Image
Above Images: NOAA National Hurricane Center
GOES satellite images: GOES 12 infrared image
Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity
See also Weather for more images.
GOES East – Eastern U.S. Imagery
An aviation color enhancement of a satellite image. GEOS Eastern U.S. Imagery, NOAA SSD.
[Updated every 30 minutes.]
GOES West – West U.S. Coast Imagery
An aviation color enhancement of a satellite image. GEOS West West U.S. Coast Imagery, NOAA SSD.
[Updated every 30 - 60 minutes.]
Other Images
[To view full size image, right-click on the target image and choose View Image ]
MTSAT Tropical Imagery: West Pacific – Wide View
MTSAT Tropical Imagery: East & Central Pacific – Wide View
GOES Northeast Pacific Imagery
GOES West – Central Pacific Imagery
MTSAT Northwest Pacific Imagery
GOES Eastern East Pacific Imagery
GOES East Full Disk Pictures
GOES East Full Disk – images are updated every three (3) hours.
GOES West Full Disk – images are updated every three (3) hours.
From the Indian Ocean Date Coverage (IODC) – Images are updated every six (6) hours
MTSAT – Fulldisk Global Images (Images are updated every hour)
METEOSAT- Fulldisk Global Satellite Images (Images are updated every six (6) hours)
Western Conus Sector (Infrared Channel) – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
[For IR data, the highest pixel values correspond to the coldest temperatures.]
Related Links:
- Climate Change: For what you’re about to receive…
- Arctic Warmest in 2000 Years
- Another Ocean Record Broken
- US glaciers shrinking dramatically
- Alaska: One Fire Away From Exporting Charcoal
- Alaska on Fire
- Arctic Tundra 4ºC Hotter Since 1970
- US Gov Releases Intelligence Images of Arctic Ice
- Strong Quake Strikes Baffin Bay
- Airlines
- The Deadly Dozen, the Dirty Dozen, the Dozen Dozen
- Eco-Terrorists on Thin Ice
- Emerging Patterns of Vanishing Ice Shelves
- STOP Killing Our Oceans!
- Possible Thule Eruption Disastrous for Antarctic Ice
- Alp-sized mountain range encased in Antarctic ice
- Climate Change Finals – CO2: 392 Human Chances: 0
- Image of the Day: Antarctica
- Warmer temperatures destroy forests faster
- If You Thought Antarctica, Too, Must Be Warming
- Earth’s Climate: A Solar Powered System
- WILKINS ICE SHELF IS “HANGING BY A THREAD”
- Ice Melt in Alaska, Antarctica, Greenland Accelerating
- Guess what, the Arctic temps are 5 ºC warmer!
- Antarctic Ozone Depth Down to 100 DU
- Arctic Sea Ice: Likely Record-Low Volume
- Does your mother shoot moose, too?
- Critically Endangered Species: Arctic Sea Ice
- A Haiku for Earth
- Canada’s Ice Shelves Lose Quarter of their Cover
- Palin’s Polar Pests Love Their Cubs, Too!
- Arctic ice cover second-lowest on record
- 3 million acres of spruce killed in Alaska in 15 years
- World CO2 Emissions
- Hilarious Polar Bear News!
- Oh, PLEEZE!
- This’s Got to Be the Year of Radioactive, Chemical and Oil Spills, Too!
- WhaleWatch
- Sea Surface Height Variations
- Is 350 ppm Safe? Hell, NO!
- A Few Extreme Events Away
- Drunken Forest
- Don’t Worry, it’s Only Earth
- Penguins DDT Contamination Levels Still High
- Tipping Point: Here and Now!
- Arctic Marine Mammals on Thin Ice
- Arctic Melting FAST!
- Freshening of deep Antarctic water could prove catasterophic
- Bering Sea Drilling
- A Fast-Warming World
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