Data Announcement

NSIDC DAAC Updates Near-Real-Time Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration

The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) is pleased to announce that the Near-Real-Time DMSP SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations data set has been updated with a reduced pole hole for Northern Hemisphere data. In addition, this update includes improved Northern Hemisphere masks for removing residual weather effects. These two changes affect data beginning 01 January 2015.