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ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness, Version 2
Data set id:
IS2SITMOGR4
DOI: 10.5067/OE8BDP5KU30Q
There is a more recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Added interpolated and smoothed parameters for freeboard, snow depth and sea ice thickness.

Overview

This data set reports monthly, gridded winter sea ice thickness across the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice thickness is estimated using ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard (ATL10), Version 5 data and NASA Eulerian Snow On Sea Ice Model (NESOSIM) snow loading.
Parameter(s):
FREEBOARDICE DEPTH/THICKNESSSNOW DEPTH
Platform(s):
ICESat-2, MODELS
Sensor(s):
ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
1 November 2018 to 30 April 2022
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 month
Spatial Resolution:
  • 25 km
  • 25 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
EPSG:3411
Spatial Coverage:
N:
88
S:
60
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

Data Access & Tools

This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.

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General Questions & FAQs

The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is migrating its primary data access from its legacy, on-premises archive to the NASA Earthdata Cloud.

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Many NSIDC DAAC data sets can be accessed using NSIDC DAAC's Data Access Tool. This tool provides the ability to search and filter data with spatial and temporal constraints using a map-based interface.Users have the option to: