AARI 10-Day Arctic Ocean EASE-Grid Sea Ice Observations  View Catalog Page
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AARI 10-Day Arctic Ocean EASE-Grid Sea Ice Observations
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
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Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-24
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
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ISO 19115:2003
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http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0050.html
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Citation:
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Title: AARI 10-Day Arctic Ocean EASE-Grid Sea Ice Observations
Date:
Date: 1997
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Edition Date: 1997-06-15
Identifier: NSIDC-0050
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
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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
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Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
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Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Website: http://nsidc.org
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
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Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
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Abstract:
<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">NOTE: This data set has been replaced by the <a href="http://nsidc.org/data/g02176.html">Sea Ice Charts of the Russian Arctic in Gridded Format, 1933-2006</a> data set.</span>
These gridded ice charts represent a reformatting of information contained in another data set, the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute's (AARI) 10 Day Digital Arctic Sea Ice Charts. AARI digitized Arctic sea ice concentration and stage of development charts as part of an international data exchange program. The AARI source charts, similar to operational charts distributed by the National Ice Center describing ice type and constitution, were developed from aircraft and satellite observations for shipping purposes, and provide extremely detailed information. Such data are particularly valued in process studies tracking the growth and recession of polynyas, or for looking at the preponderance of ice at certain stages of development in a particular area. NSIDC does not maintain the operational charts, but archives the AARI digitized version. However, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) 10 Day Digital Arctic Sea Ice Charts were encoded in SIGRID (Sea Ice Grid) format, which assigns numerical values to ice parameters and records them at specific lat/lon grid points. But due to the difficulties of visualizing, extracting and working with data in SIGRID, NSIDC is now providing AARI data in NSIDC's Equal Area SSM/I Earth Grid.
The EASE-Grid format makes it especially easy to compare observed ice concentrations or ice types with the same parameters derived from satellite data (such as ice concentrations from passive microwave sensors).
AARI sea ice data in the EASE-Grid projection are gridded at a 12.5 km resolution, for both Western (24W to 110E) and Eastern (105E to 130W) sectors . Data extend from 1953 through 1990, and are available via ftp in compressed tar format. Postscript (.ps) files depicting coverage per year are also provided with the data.
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.
Fetterer, F. 1997. AARI 10-Day Arctic Ocean EASE-Grid Sea Ice Observations. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
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Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
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Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
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Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
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Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Barents Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Beaufort Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Chukchi Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean
Keyword: Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Greenland Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Bering Sea
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Date: 2008-02-05
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Types
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Age
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Extent
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Types
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Polynyas
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Age
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Extent
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Keyword: Arctic
Keyword: ICE CHARTS
Keyword: Ice Form
Keyword: North Polar Basin
Keyword: Sea Ice Concentration
Keyword: Sea Ice Extent
Keyword: Sea Ice Form
Keyword: Sea Ice Stage Of Development
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Westbound Longitude: -130
Eastbound Longitude: 110
Southbound Latitude: 45
Northbound Latitude: 90
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Time Period:
Begin Position: 19530101
End Position: 19901230
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Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
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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
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Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
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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:
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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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