About Northern Hemisphere Data Sources OGC Services (WMS, WFS, WCS)
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select term... Antarctic Circle accumulation cryosphere glacier ice core ice sheet ice shelf megadunes Polar Front Prime Meridian sea ice South Pole, Geographic South Pole, Geomagnetic South Pole, Magnetic South Pole of Cold South Pole of Inaccessibility sea ice concentration sea ice extent seasonal snow snow snow extent snow water equivalent Tropic of Capricorn
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Antarctic Circle Antarctic elevation contours Antarctic ice cores Antarctic megadunes Antarctic Polar Front Antarctic research stations Antarctic territorial claims cities country borders country labels Equator geographic features, ice geographic features, land geographic features, sea International Date Line latitude/longitude grid Prime Meridian South Pole, Geographic South Pole, Geomagnetic South Pole, Magnetic South Pole of Cold South Pole of Inaccessibility Tropic of Capricorn x/y grid (in meters)
Antarctica basemaps: (What is an ice sheet?)
none bedrock elevation satellite image snow accumulation surface elevation
Glacier basemaps: (What is a glacier?)
none glaciers glacier outlines
Satellite imagery:
none January July
Sea ice basemaps: (What is sea ice?)
none sea ice extent: Jan sea ice extent: Feb sea ice extent: Mar sea ice extent: Apr sea ice extent: May sea ice extent: Jun sea ice extent: Jul sea ice extent: Aug sea ice extent: Sep sea ice extent: Oct sea ice extent: Nov sea ice extent: Dec sea ice concentration: Jan sea ice concentration: Feb sea ice concentration: Mar sea ice concentration: Apr sea ice concentration: May sea ice concentration: Jun sea ice concentration: Jul sea ice concentration: Aug sea ice concentration: Sep sea ice concentration: Oct sea ice concentration: Nov sea ice concentration: Dec
Snow basemaps:
none seasonal snow classification snow extent: Jan snow extent: Feb snow extent: Mar snow extent: Apr snow extent: May snow extent: Jun snow extent: Jul snow extent: Aug snow extent: Sep snow extent: Oct snow extent: Nov snow extent: Dec snow water equivalent: Jan snow water equivalent: Feb snow water equivalent: Mar snow water equivalent: Apr snow water equivalent: May snow water equivalent: Jun snow water equivalent: Jul snow water equivalent: Aug snow water equivalent: Sep snow water equivalent: Oct snow water equivalent: Nov snow water equivalent: Dec