This post was prepared byEwa SlominskafromSpace Research Center PAS18 A, Bartycka00-716 Warsaw, Poland
During their work with SMOS data, Ewa Slominska has produced the following animations of the temporal/seasonal changes in global distribution of Brightness Temperatures over the poles.
It was made using SMOS browse products (merging land and sea) interms of 1/2 Stokes 1 (i;.e, (TBh+TBV)/2) over 7 day periods.
Results obtained look very nice. On one hand we see expanding ice around the Antarctica, and ice melting areas (like the Hudson Bay or the Buffin Bay) around The North Pole on the other hand all this during the May to August 2011 period. Only worry .. the RFI!
(Click on the picture to enlarge and to better visualise the animation)
Now the quizz… !what could be the tiny light blue point, which floats at the longitudesof the Ross Sea, towards the East, close to the ice-sea ridge?
Answer …..in a few days … Ewa has found the cause! what is your guess?
is it an iceberg ?
Can it be iceberg B15j???Thanks for the fun !!!
this is the guy you are looking for….http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/iceberg_images/jpeg/2011233_B15J.jpg
Yes you are right!\n\nCheers\n\nyann
It is an Iceberg indeed\nBut I do not know it’s nickname!\n\nCheers\n\nyann
Yes it is indeed\n\nCheers\n\nyann