Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS

Data Contributors STROEVE, JULIENNE MEIER, WALT Parameters SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION Instruments ESMR : ELECTRONIC SCANNING MICROWAVE RADIOMETER SMMR : SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER SSM/I : SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER SSMIS : SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER/SOUNDER

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NSIDC provides a suite of value-added products to aid in investigations of the variability and trends of sea ice cover. These products provide users with information about sea ice extent, total ice-covered area, ice persistence, monthly climatologies of sea ice concentrations, and ocean masks. The maps are in ArcInfo export file format. All other products are in flat binary or ASCII format with accompanying Portable Network Graphics (PNG) browse images. Products are derived from Nimbus-7 SMMR; DMSP-F8, -F11, and -F13 SSM/I; and from DMSP-F17 SSMIS sea ice concentrations at a grid cell size of 25 x 25 km. Data begin in October 1978 and processing is ongoing. Data are available via FTP.

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Julienne Stroeve. 2003. Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

See Also

• Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data
• DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations
• Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS
• GIS Data and Resources at NSIDC
• Sea Ice Data
• Atlas of the Cryosphere
• Contact User Services