March through August Ice Edge Positions in the Nordic Seas, 1750-2002, Version 1
Data set id:
G02169
DOI: 10.7265/N59884X1
This is the most recent version of these data.
Overview
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 percent 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).
Parameter(s):
ICE EDGES
Platform(s):
DMSP, Nimbus-7, SHIPS
Sensor(s):
SMMR, SSM/I, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Data Format(s):
JPEG, ASCII, Shapefile
Temporal Coverage:
1 March 1750 to 31 August 2002
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
86
S:
57.7
E:
64.2
W:
-36.2
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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