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NSIDC-0116

Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors, Version 3

This data set provides daily sea ice motion vectors derived from a wide variety of sensors in both gridded and non-gridded (raw) files. For the gridded data, weekly and monthly mean fields are also provided for the entire time series—from November 1978 through May 2015. Browse images of these mean fields are also available.

Version Summary:
  • Eliminated unrealistic AVHRR and IABP buoy velocities
  • Improved browse images
  • Reprocessed SSMI fields using GDAL map transformations on the DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures Data Set, NSIDC-0001
  • Used the Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data Set, NSIDC-0051, to mask ice extent

Geographic Coverage

Spatial Coverage:

  • N: -53.2028, S: -90, E: 180, W: -180

  • N: 90, S: 48.4, E: 180, W: -180
Spatial Resolution:
  • 25 km x 25 km
Temporal Coverage:
  • 25 October 1978 to 31 May 2015
Temporal Resolution: 1 month, 7 day, 1 day
Parameter(s):
  • Sea Ice > Sea Ice Motion > Ice Velocity
  • Sea Ice > Sea Ice Motion
Platform(s) AQUA, BUOYS, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Model, NIMBUS-7, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-9
Sensor(s): AMSR-E, AVHRR, DRIFTING BUOYS, SMMR, SSM/I, SSMIS
Data Format(s):
  • PNG
  • Binary
  • Photoshop
  • ASCII Text
Version: V3
Data Contributor(s): Mark Tschudi, Charles Fowler, Walt Meier
Metadata XML: View Metadata Record

Data Citation

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.

Tschudi, M., C. Fowler, J. Maslanik, J. S. Stewart, and W. Meier. 2016. Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors, Version 3. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/O57VAIT2AYYY. [Date Accessed].
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