Summer Arctic Storm

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

In early August 2012, storms in the Arctic affected the motion of the sea ice north of Siberia and Alaska.

This animation shows the motion of the winds over the Arctic in conjunction with seasonal melting of the Arctic sea ice from August 1 through September 13, 2012, when the NASA scientists determined that the sea ice reached its annual minimum extent.

The surface winds, shown my moving arrows, are colored by the velocity. Slower winds are shown in blue, medium in green and the fast winds are shown in red.

Source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

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