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What satellite sensor provides the data?

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What satellite sensor provides the data?

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You can still visit NSIDC’s Sea Ice Index daily sea ice page for the most recent data. General information on the minimum, from satellite data between 1979 and 2007: Minimum Extent (in millions of square kilometers, 1.00 mill sq km = 1,000,000 sq km) Average minimum (1979-2007) = 6.45 One standard deviation range (1979-2007) = 5.65 to 7.25 Highest minimum (1980) = 7.54 Lowest minimum (2007) = 4.13 Date of Minimum Extent Average date (1979-2007) = 11 September One standard deviation range (1979-2007) = 6 to 14 September Earliest minimum (1987) = 3 September Latest minimum (1979) = 22 September For all of the data and graphs of the extent and date of minimum, see here.