Arctic Sea Ice Concentration and Extent from Danish Meteorological Institute Sea Ice Charts, 1901-1956, Version 1 (G10007)
Data set:
G10007
This is the most recent version of these data.
Overview
This data set provides estimates of Arctic sea ice extent and concentration from 1901 to 1956 created from a collection of historic, hand-drawn sea ice charts from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI). These were used to create estimates for each summer month from 1901 to 1956 by manual, subjective interpretation of scanned versions of the charts. These estimates, shown in colored-coded fields, are available as image files in JPEG format and as GIS shapefiles.
Parameter(s):
ICE EXTENT
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Platform(s):
FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, SHIPS
Sensor(s):
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Data Format(s):
JPEG, Shapefile
Temporal Coverage:
1 April 1901 to 31 August 1939
1 April 1946 to 31 August 1956
1 April 1946 to 31 August 1956
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
55
E:
180
W:
-180
Yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.