U.S. National Ice Center Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration and Climatologies in Gridded Format, Version 1
Data set id:
G10033
DOI: 10.7265/46cc-3952
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release
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Overview

Weekly sea ice concentration charts from the U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) along with total ice concentration, multiyear ice concentration, first-year ice concentration, thin ice concentration, and fast ice extent. In addition, there are also period-of-record, 5-year and 10-year climatological averages.
Parameter(s):
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Platform(s):
SATELLITES
Sensor(s):
SAR, VISIBLE SPECTROMETER
Data Format(s):
NetCDF, GeoTIFF, Shapefile
Temporal Coverage:
6 January 2003 to present
Temporal Resolution:
  • 7 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • 10 km
  • 10 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 North
EPSG:6931

WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 South
EPSG:6932
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-19
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
90
S:
19
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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