GLERL Great Lakes Ice Concentration Data Base, 1960-1979, Version 1
Data set id:
G00804
DOI: 10.7265/N5G44N6G
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

This data set consists of ice concentration grids from 1960 to 1979 for the Great Lakes. Over 2800 charts were digitized to produce this data base. The data were given to NSIDC by the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), Ann Arbor, MI.
Parameter(s):
ICE EXTENT
LAKE ICE
Platform(s):
AIRCRAFT
Sensor(s):
CAMERAS
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 November 1960 to 1 May 1979
Temporal Resolution:
  • 15 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • 5 km
  • 5 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • Northern latitude
    49
    Southern latitude
    41
    Eastern longitude
    -76
    Western longitude
    -93
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

Data Access

How to access and download NOAA@NSIDC data
This help article explains how to access the data via HTTPS, wget and with Python and R scripts.

Documentation

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