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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Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1750-01-01
Stop Date: 2002-12-31
Location Keywords
- Continent Europe Eastern Europe Russia
- Continent Europe Northern Europe Iceland
- Continent Europe Northern Europe Scandanavia Norway
- Continent North America Greenland
- 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
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 Set ID: G02169
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 Set ID: G02169
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: 27 bytes to 61.1 KB per file
Distribution Format: ASCII text
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 27 bytes to 61.1 KB per file
Distribution Format: GIS format shapefiles
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 27 bytes to 61.1 KB per file
Distribution Format: JPEG
Personnel
Dmitry Divine
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
City: Tromsų
Country: Norway
Chad Dick
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
City: Tromsų
Country: Norway
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (303) 492-6199
Fax: (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
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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: 2007-06-04
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