Antarctica
Current climate conditions trends and averages: Antarctica
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- Antarctic Ice Mass Loss [manual update]
- Antarctic Ice Extent Increase [updates annually]
- Antarctic Ice Extent (updates daily)
- Sea Ice Concentration Anomalies [updates monthly]
- Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) – Observed & GSF Forecasts [updates weekly]
- Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) – Observed & ENSM Forecasts [updates weekly]
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Cryosphere
Antarctica
Antarctic Ice Mass Loss [manual update]
Source: https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/20100108_Is_Antarctica_Melting.html
Antarctic Ice Extent Increase [updates annually]
Source: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/
Antarctic Ice Extent (updates daily)
Source: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/
Sea Ice Concentration Anomalies [updates monthly]
Source: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/
Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) – Vertical Cross section of geopotential height anomalies [updates weekly]
Source:
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/hgt.aao.shtml
Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) – Observed & ENSM Forecasts [updates weekly]
Source:
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/aao/aao.shtml#forecast
Links
*The movies provided below require a Java enabled Web browser
- *Infrared Composite Movie showing the last 24 hours worth of images
- *Water Vapor Composite Movie showing the last 24 hours worth of images
- *Latest mid-resolution (10 kilometer) infrared psuedo-color Antarctic composite animation.