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Data Announcement
  • Sea ice

Processing and Distribution of U.S. National Ice Center Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration and Climatologies in Gridded Format has Resumed

NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the weekly updating of the U.S. National Ice Center Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration and Climatologies in Gridded Format, Version 1 data set has resumed. Data from 14 April 2021 onwards are now available, extending the series that begins on 6 January 2003. The data set will continue to be updated on a weekly basis. Access to the data and documentation is available from the data set web page at NSIDC. Data Set DOI: https://doi.org/10.7265/46cc-3952