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Satellites shed light on global warming
 
27 April 2007

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Sea ice in Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada from 20 January to 24 March 2007.

Credits: Leif Toudal Pedersen, Technical University of Denmark
 
 
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Larsen-B Ice shelf
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Envisat's ASAR image, acquired on 22 March 2007, of Larsen-B Ice Shelf with previous ice boundaries at different dates between 1992 and 2002. The ice boundaries were derived from ERS SAR and Envisat's ASAR images.

Credits: ESA
 
 
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Sea-surface height
Altimetry-derived mean dynamic topography of the sea surface. This is the mean height of the sea surface relative to the geoid, or the theoretical surface of equal gravity around Earth.

Credits: CLS
 
 
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This animation shows the steps from top of atmosphere level-1 B data via atmospheric corrected surface reflectances, to concentration maps of phytoplankton chlorophyll, to suspended matter and the absorption coefficient of dissolved organic matter.

Credits: R. Doeffer, GKSS Institute for Coastal Research
 
 
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SST from Envisat
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Four years of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) from Envisat

Credits: ESA
 
 
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