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Satellite snow maps help reindeer herders adapt to a changing Arctic

1 April 2009

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A reindeer herd of a Sámi family in Sweden.

Credits: Sven Skaltje, 2007

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Example cloud-free snow map covering northern Norway produced using multi-temporal (up to the previous 7 days) and multi-sensor (MODIS and Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)) satellite data.

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Anders Oskal, the Director of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR), at the ESA stand at the Arctic Frontiers conference held in Tromsø in January 2009.

Credits: ESA

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Assimilated snow depth map of Eurasia.

Credits: FMI