ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Ice_cci) Sea Ice Concentration Climate Data Record from the AMSR-E and AMSR-2 Instruments at 50 km Grid Spacing, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0718
DOI: 10.5285/70f611b0-ba82-48e6-9190-a62cf9f925f2

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Overview

The data set provides a 50 km grid Climate Data Record of Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) for the polar regions, derived from medium resolution passive microwave satellite data (AMSR-E and AMSR-2).
Parameter(s):
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Platform(s):
AQUA
GCOM-W1
Sensor(s):
AMSR-E
AMSR2
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 July 2012 to 31 December 2015
  • 1 June 2002 to 30 September 2011
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • 50 km
  • 50 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • Northern latitude
    -16.62393
    Southern latitude
    -90
    Eastern longitude
    180
    Western longitude
    -180
  • Northern latitude
    90
    Southern latitude
    16.62393
    Eastern longitude
    180
    Western longitude
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.