Nimbus-5 ESMR Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations

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Entry ID

NSIDC-0009

Summary

Daily and monthly averaged sea ice concentrations from the Nimbus-5 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) are available for the Arctic and Antarctic from 12 December 1972 through 31 December 1976 at 25 km gridded resolution. Raw data were reprocessed to include ocean masks that reduce weather effects and coastal contamination, and to include a 15% ice threshold. Reprocessed data are in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) and are available via FTP.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: C. Parkinson, J. Comiso, H.J. Zwally
Dataset Title: Nimbus-5 ESMR Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations
Dataset Release Date: 2004-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0009.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1972-12-12
Stop Date: 1976-12-31

Data Resolution

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

Location Keywords

• Continent Antarctica
• Geographic Region Arctic
• Geographic Region Polar

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration
• Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration

Ancillary Keywords

• Antarctic
• Arctic
• DAAC
• EOSDIS
• Ice Concentration
• NSIDC DAAC
• Passive Microwave
• Remote Sensing
• Sea Ice
• Sea Ice Concentration

Platform

• NIMBUS-5

Instrument

• ESMR Electronic Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• RADIOMETERS

Project

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

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0009

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: NSIDC-0009

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: Arctic files: 138 KB, Antarctic files: 107 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

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

CLAIRE L. PARKINSON
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 301 614-5715
Fax: (301) 614-5644
Email: clairep@neptune.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

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

Reference

Comiso, J.C., and H.J. Zwally. 1980. Corrections for anomalous time dependent shifts in brightness temperature from Nimbus-5 ESMR. NASA TM-82055. Greenbelt, MD.

Parkinson, C., J. Comiso, H.J. Zwally, D. Cavalieri, P. Gloersen, and W. Campbell. 1987. Arctic Sea Ice, 1973-1976: Satellite Passive-Microwave Observations. NASA SP-489.

Parkinson, C., J. Comiso, and H.J. Zwally. 1987. Satellite-Derived Ice Data Sets No. 2: Arctic Monthly Average Microwave Brightness Temperatures and Sea Ice Concentrations, 1973-1976. NASA Technical Memorandum 87825.

Wilheit, T. 1972. The Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) Experiment. Nimbus-5 User's Guide. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. p. 59-105.

Zwally, H.J., J. Comiso, C. Parkinson, W. Campbell, F. Carsey, and P. Gloersen. 1983. Antarctic Sea Ice, 1973-1976: Satellite Passive-Microwave Observations. NASA SP-459.

Zwally, H.J., J. Comiso, and C. Parkinson. 1981. Satellite-Derived Ice Data Sets No. 1: Antarctic Monthly Average Microwave Brightness Temperatures and Sea Ice Concentrations 1973-1976. NASA Technical Memorandum 83812.

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-08-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-02-16

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