Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent  View Catalog Page
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Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent
Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-06
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0046.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent
Date:
Date: 2013
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition: 4
Edition Date: 2013-01-31
Identifier: NSIDC-0046
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
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Abstract:
The Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Version 4 product combine snow cover and sea ice extent at weekly intervals from 23 October 1978 through 31 December 2010, and snow cover alone from 03 October 1966 through 31 December 2010. Snow cover extent for this data set is based on the NOAA/NCDC Climate Data Record (CDR) of Northern Hemisphere (NH) Snow Cover Extent (SCE) by D. Robinson (2012) and regridded to the EASE-Grid. The NOAA/NCDC CDR of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent data were derived from the manual interpretation of AVHRR, GOES, and other visible-band satellite data (Helfrich et al. 2007). Sea ice extent is regridded to EASE-Grid from Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data. Designed to facilitate study of Northern Hemisphere seasonal fluctuations of snow cover and sea ice extent, the data set also includes monthly climatologies describing average extent, probability of occurrence, and variance. Data are provided in flat, unsigned binary files and are available via FTP.
Purpose:
Scientific Research
Credit:
The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Brodzik, M. and R. Armstrong. 2013. Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent. Version 4. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Richard Armstrong
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: Colorado
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: rlax@nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Richard Armstrong
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: Colorado
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: rlax@nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Mary J. Brodzik
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: brodzik@nsidc.org
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Update Scope:
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Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
Date Type:
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
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Date:
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Keywords
Keyword: NOAA/NASA PATHFINDER > NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program
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Title: NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
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Date: 2008-01-24
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Keywords
Keyword: Arctic
Keyword: DAAC
Keyword: EASE-Grid 2.0
Keyword: EOSDIS
Keyword: Global
Keyword: Global Change
Keyword: Gridded Data
Keyword: Ice
Keyword: NASA
Keyword: Northern Hemisphere
Keyword: NSIDC
Keyword: Remote Sensing
Keyword: Sea Ice
Keyword: Sea Ice Extent
Keyword: SMMR
Keyword: Snow
Keyword: Snow Cover
Keyword: Snow Extent
Keyword: SSM/I
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Value: theme
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Other Constraints:
Access Constraints : none
Use Constraints : none
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eng; usa
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Topic Category:
Value: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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Extent Information:
Spatial Temporal Extent:
Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -180
Eastbound Longitude: 180
Southbound Latitude: -90
Northbound Latitude: 90
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 19661003
End Position: 20101231
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: Binary
Specification: FTP 508 KB
Digital Transfer Options:
Online Transfer Options:
Online Resources:
Linkage: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0046_weekly_snow_seaice/
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Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0046_nh_ease_snow_seaice.gd.html
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Offline Transfer Options:
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Density: 508
Density Units: B
Medium Name: FTP
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: SSM/I > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: VAS > VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: DMSP 5D-2/F8 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: DMSP 5D-3/F17 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: GOES > NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: GOES-7 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: NIMBUS-7
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
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