Global Products for Ice Concentration, Ice Edge, Ice Type, Sea Ice Drift, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0678
NON-NSIDC DATA PRODUCT

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Overview

Ice concentration is computed from atmospherically corrected SSMIS brightness temperatures, using a combination of state-of-the-art algorithms.
Parameter(s):
Not Specified
Platform(s):
DMSP 5D-3/F17
Multiple
Sensor(s):
MULTIPLE
SSMIS
Data Format(s):
NetCDF
HDF5
GRIB1
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 January 2005 to present
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
Not Specified
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.