The instructions for this chapter have 5 main parts. Click each Part name to see the steps in that part.
Part 1-
Download ImageJ software and acquire sea ice data sets from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Part 2-
Get an overview of the changes in sea ice by importing the data sets into ImageJ, applying a lookup table, and animating the images. Measure the extent of sea ice for the month of November.
Part 3-
Import the measurements from part 2 into Excel and process the data.
Part 4-
Download data on Arctic temperatures from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Climate Analysis Branch. Graph the temperature trends in Excel.
Part 5-
Measure sea ice decline elsewhere in the region using the tools and data from parts 2-4.
