March through August Ice Edge Positions in the Nordic Seas, 1750-2002 View Catalog Page Entry ID
G02169
Summary
This product contains ice edge coordinates for the Nordic Seas from 1750 through 2002 for months March through August. Ice edge in this product is defined as the outer boundary of ice having at least 30% ice concentration. Data are derived from publicly available sea ice products and use observational data from ship logbooks, diaries and other sources in addition to more recent satellite data products from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I). The data are distributed via FTP in ASCII, JPEG, and shapefile format.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates: N: 86°
S: 57.7°
E: 64.2°
W: -36.2°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Divine, D. V. and C. Dick. Dataset Title: March through August Ice Edge Positions in the Nordic Seas, 1750-2002 Dataset Release Date: 2007-01-01 Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g02169.html Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N59884X1
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1750-01-01 Stop Date: 2002-12-31
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
ARCTIC
- OCEAN
ARCTIC OCEAN BARENTS SEA
- OCEAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NORWEGIAN SEA
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere
Sea Ice Ice Edges
- Oceans
Sea Ice Ice Edges
Ancillary Keywords
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
- Oceans
Platform
- DMSP
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
- NIMBUS-7
- SATELLITES
- SHIPS
Instrument
- SMMR
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
- SSM/I
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
- VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Quality
There are some known limitations in the input data collections referenced in Divine and Dick (2006). March through August months were selected since these months contain a high data density. Therefore, the annual cycle of sea ice advance and retreat is not captured. See documentation for limitations by by data collection.
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services Phone: 1 303 492-6199 Fax: 1 303 492-2468 Email: nsidc@nsidc.org Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA
NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services Phone: 1 303 492-6199 Fax: 1 303 492-2468 Email: nsidc@nsidc.org Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP Distribution Size: 0.03 - 61.1 KB Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Distribution Media: FTP Distribution Size: 0.03 - 61.1 KB Distribution Format: ESRI Shapefiles
Distribution Media: FTP Distribution Size: 0.03 - 61.1 KB Distribution Format: JPEG
Personnel
Dmitry V Divine Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address:
- Norwegian Polar Institute
City: Tromsø Country: Norway
Chad Dick Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address:
- Norwegian Polar Institute
- CliC International Project Office
City: Tromsø Country: Norway
NSIDC User Services Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x Email: nsidc@nsidc.org Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE ACSYS Historical Ice Chart Archive (1553-2002)
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE DMSP SSM/I Daily Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations, June to September 2001
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Morphometric Characteristics of Ice and Snow in the Arctic Basin
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION AARI 10-Day Arctic Ocean EASE-Grid Sea Ice Observations
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Environmental Working Group joint U.S.-Russian sea ice atlas
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Environmental Working Group Joint U.S.-Russian Sea Ice Atlas
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Morphometric Characteristics of Ice and Snow in the Arctic Basin: Aircraft Landing Observations from the Former Soviet Union, 1928-1989
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION National Ice Center Arctic sea ice charts and climatologies in gridded format
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION National Ice Center Arctic Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies in Gridded Format
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Nimbus-7 SMMR polar radiances and Arctic and Antarctic sea ice concentrations
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Nimbus-7 SMMR Polar Radiances and Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentrations
Reference
Ackley, S., P. Wadhams, J.C. Comiso, and A.P. Worby. 2003. Decadal decrease of Antarctic sea ice extent inferred from whaling records revisited on the basis of historical and modern sea ice records. Polar Research 22(1), 19-25.
Divine, D.V., and C. Dick. 2006. Historical variability of sea ice edge position in the Nordic Seas. J. Geophys. Res. 111, No. C1, C01001, doi: 10.1029/2004JC002851. Polyakov, I., R.V. Bekryaev, G.V. Alekseev, U. Bhatt, R. Colony, M.A. Johnson, A.P. Makshtas, and D. Walsh. 2003. Variability and trends of air temperature and pressure in the maritime Arctic, 1875-2000. J. Climate 16, 2067-2077.
Vinje, T. 2001. Anomalies and trends of sea ice extent and atmospheric circulation in the Nordic Seas during the period 1864-1998. J. Climate 14, 255-267.
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith. 1998. New, improved version of the Generic Mapping Tools Released. EOS Trans. AGU 79, 579.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-01-01 Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-12
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