Nimbus Ice Edge Points from Nimbus Visible Imagery L2, CSV, Version 1
Data set id:
NmIcEdg2
DOI: 10.5067/NIMBUS/NmIcEdg2
This is the most recent version of these data.
Overview
This data set (NmIcEdg2) estimates the location of the North and South Pole sea ice edges at various times during the mid to late 1960s, based on recovered Nimbus 1 (1964), Nimbus 2 (1966), and Nimbus 3 (1969) visible imagery.
Parameter(s):
ICE EDGES
Platform(s):
Nimbus-1, Nimbus-2, Nimbus-3
Sensor(s):
AVCS Nimbus-1, AVCS Nimbus-2, CAMERAS, IDCS Nimbus-3
Data Format(s):
CSV
Temporal Coverage:
28 August 1964 to 22 September 1964
15 May 1966 to 2 September 1966
24 April 1969 to 21 January 1970
15 May 1966 to 2 September 1966
24 April 1969 to 21 January 1970
Temporal Resolution:
- 7 days to 8 days
Spatial Resolution:
- 5 km
- 5 km
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
50
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
-50
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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