DMSP SSM/I Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations

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Entry ID

NSIDC-0002

Summary

DMSP SSM/I Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations in polar stereographic projection currently include Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) -F8, -F11, and -F13 daily and monthly sea ice concentrations. Using the Bootstrap algorithm, data gridded at a resolution of 25 x 25 km, begin 25 June 1987. Processing is ongoing. The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) derived ice concentrations are daily total and monthly averaged ice fractions for both hemispheres. The data are provided in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF), with accompanying Graphical Interchange Format (GIF) browse files and are available via FTP.Note: Users interested in sea ice concentration using the NASA Team algorithm are advised to use Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I Passive Microwave Data.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Josefino Comiso
Dataset Title: DMSP SSM/I Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations
Dataset Release Date: 1990-01-01, updated 2005
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: digital media
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0002.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1987-07-09

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 25 km
Longitude Resolution: 25 km
Temporal Resolution: Daily

Latitude Resolution: 25 km
Longitude Resolution: 25 km
Temporal Resolution: Monthly

Location Keywords

• Continent North America Canada Hudson Bay
• Geographic Region Polar
• Ocean Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay
• Ocean Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea
• Ocean Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea
• Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean
• Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
• Ocean Pacific Ocean North Pacific Ocean Bering Sea
• Ocean Southern Ocean Amundsen Sea

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Extent
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Age
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration MULTIYEAR SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration TOTAL SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Extent
• Oceans Sea Ice Ice Extent
• Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Age
• Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration MULTIYEAR SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
• Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration TOTAL SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Extent

Ancillary Keywords

• Antarctic
• Arctic
• Brightness Temperature
• DAAC
• EOSDIS
• Gridded Data
• Ice Concentration
• Multiyear Sea Ice Concentration
• NSIDC DAAC
• Passive Microwave Data
• Remote Sensing
• Sea Ice Concentration
• Sea Ice Extent
• Total Sea Ice Concentration

ISO Topic Category (View Definitions)

• Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere

Platform

• DMSP 5D-2/F11 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
• DMSP 5D-2/F13 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
• DMSP 5D-2/F8 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8

Instrument

• SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

Project

• EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data Information System
• ESIP Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NSIDC_DAAC

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0002

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 Distributed Active Archive Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Set ID: SI-072

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC DAAC 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: 45 KB to 777 KB
Distribution Format: HDF

Personnel

JOSEPHINO 'JOEY' C. COMISO
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 301-286-9135
Contact Address:
Code 671 NASA,
Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771

DONALD CAVALIERI
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: (301) 614-5901
Fax: (301) 614-5644
Email: don@cavalieri.gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 971
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771

PER GLOERSEN
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: (301) 614-5710
Fax: (301) 614-5644
Email: per.gloersen@gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 971
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771

H. Jay ZWALLY
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 301-614-5643
Fax: 301-614-5644
Email: Jay.Zwally@nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 971
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

NSIDC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
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

Related URL

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Sea Ice Products at NSIDC

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
DMSP SSM/I Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I Passive Microwave Data

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