Sea Ice Index Daily and Monthly Image Viewer
Compare & Animate
Use the interactive tools below to compare sea ice trends and anomalies and to animate monthly extent, concentrations, anomalies, and trends.
The tools listed on this page are just a short list of the available tool options. For a full list of ways to compare or work with the data, see the Data Access and Tools section of the Sea Ice Index data set landing page.
Compare sea ice trends
Compare sea ice anomalies across time
Animate monthly extent, concentrations, anomalies, and trends
Note: There is a bug in the code that forces the application to show the "Data Currently Unavailable" when it is first loads. Please select any year or month to refresh the app and then it will work properly.
Tips for using the sea ice animation tool
Use the dropdown menus to choose the year, month, hemisphere, and type of image you want to view.
The animation controls at the bottom provide various options to allow you to animate forwards and backwards through time.
To download the image use your browser's Save function (usually a right-click menu option). It is possible to select an image that doesn't exist - either the date is out of range or the data are missing for some other reason. This results in a NO DATA image or a regular image with the caption "Insufficient Data Available".
Note: The viewer will always return the most recent Concentration Trends images regardless of the year selected.
Checking Fixed Month Animations causes the auto step to increment the year only. Otherwise, the month is incremented and then the year.