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G10005

MASAM2: Daily 4 km Arctic Sea Ice Concentration, Version 1

The MASIE-AMSR2 (MASAM2) daily 4 km sea ice concentration is a prototype concentration product that is a blend of two other daily sea ice data products: ice coverage from the Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent (MASIE) product at a 4 km grid cell size and ice concentration from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) at a 10 km grid cell size. MASAM2 was developed to meet a need for greater accuracy and higher resolution in ice concentration fields that are used to initialize an operational sea ice forecast model. By applying some simple rules to blend the two sources, a 4 km concentration product is produced that can be used in the model. This prototype covers July 2012 to present.

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Parameter(s):
  • Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Data Format(s):
  • NetCDF
  • PNG
Spatial Coverage:
N: 90, 
S: 29.08, 
E: 180, 
W: -180
Platform(s):GCOM-W1
Spatial Resolution:
  • 4 km x 4 km
Sensor(s):AMSR2
Temporal Coverage:
  • 3 July 2012
(updated daily)		Version(s):V1
Temporal Resolution1 dayMetadata XML:View Metadata Record
Data Contributor(s):Florence Fetterer, J Stewart, Walter Meier

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Fetterer, F., J. S. Stewart, and W. N. Meier. 2015, updated daily. MASAM2: Daily 4 km Arctic Sea Ice Concentration, Version 1. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.7265/N5ZS2TFT. [Date Accessed].

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