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SIPN

The Sea Ice Prediction Network
NAMETEMPORAL RESOLUTIONFORMAT(S)PARAMETER(S)
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, & Snow Depth Polar Grids, Version 3 (AE_SI12)1 day, 5 dayHDF-EOS2
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURESEA ICE CONCENTRATIONSNOW DEPTH
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km Sea Ice Drift Polar Grids, Version 1 (AE_SID)1 day, 1 dayHDF-EOS2
MICROWAVE IMAGERYSEA ICE MOTION
Arctic Buoys - Snow Depth Data and Images, Version 1 (NSIDC-0671)Not SpecifiedJPEG
Arctic Sea Ice Freeboard and Thickness, Version 1 (NSIDC-0393)1 dayPNG, Binary, GeoTIFF, ASCII
ICE DEPTH/THICKNESSSEA ICE
Arctic Sea Ice Melt Pond Statistics and Maps, 1999-2001, Version 1 (G02159)VariesPNG, GeoTIFF, JPEG, ASCII, Excel
ALBEDOHEAT FLUXICE FLOESICE FRACTIONICE GROWTH/MELTICE ROUGHNESS
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard Quick Look, Version 6 (ATL10QL)91 dayHDF5
FREEBOARD
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Freeboard, Version 6 (ATL10)91 dayHDF5
FREEBOARD
AWI CryoSat-2 Sea-Thickness Data Product Maps, Version 1 (NSIDC-0689)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 4 (NSIDC-0079)VariesnetCDF-4
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Canadian Ice Service - Prevailing ice conditions and weather, archives and seasonal summaries, ice cover graphs, and an annual arctic ice atlas, Version 1 (NSIDC-0702)Not SpecifiedGIF, Paper
Canadian Ice Service Arctic Regional Sea Ice Charts in SIGRID-3 Format, Version 1 (G02171)7 dayXML, Shapefile
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
CRREL Arctic Sea Ice Mass Balance (IMB) Buoy Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0698)Not SpecifiedASCII
CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Freeboard, Thickness, and Snow Depth Quick Look, Version 1 (NSIDC-0707)30 dayNetCDF
FREEBOARDICE DEPTH/THICKNESSICE ROUGHNESSSEA ICE CONCENTRATIONSNOW DENSITYSNOW DEPTH
EASE-Grid Sea Ice Age, Version 4 (NSIDC-0611)7 dayNetCDF, PNG
SEA ICE AGE
ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Ice_cci) Sea Ice Concentration Climate Data Record from the AMSR-E and AMSR-2 Instruments at 25 km Grid Spacing, Version 1 (NSIDC-0717)1 dayNot Specified
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
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 (NSIDC-0718)1 dayNot Specified
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
EUMETSAT OSI SAF Global Sea Ice Concentration Reprocessing Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0508)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Global Mapping Of Arctic Sea Ice Drift, Version 1 (NSIDC-0695)Not SpecifiedNetCDF, PNG, ASCII
Global Products for Ice Concentration, Ice Edge, Ice Type, Sea Ice Drift, Version 1 (NSIDC-0678)Not SpecifiedNetCDF, HDF5, GRIB1
Global Sea Ice Types, Version 1 (NSIDC-0691)Not SpecifiedNot Specified
Gridded Monthly Sea Ice Extent and Concentration, 1850 Onward, Version 2 (G10010)1 monthNetCDF
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Gridded Observational Sea Ice Thickness Products, Version 1 (NSIDC-0690)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
HadISST Monthly Sea Ice Concentrations, Version 1 (NSIDC-0682)Not SpecifiedASCII
Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature, Version 2 (HadISST2), Version 1 (NSIDC-0685)Not SpecifiedNetCDF, ASCII
Hydrographic Data from Ice-Tethered Profilers, Version 1 (NSIDC-0704)Not SpecifiedASCII
Ice Watch Current and Archive Ice Observations, Version 1 (NSIDC-0705)Not SpecifiedNot Specified
IceBridge L4 Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness, Version 1 (IDCSI4)VariesXML, ASCII
FREEBOARDICE DEPTH/THICKNESSICE ROUGHNESSSEA ICE ELEVATIONSNOW DEPTH
IceBridge Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness Quick Look, Version 1 (NSIDC-0708)VariesASCII
FREEBOARDICE DEPTH/THICKNESSICE ROUGHNESSSEA ICE ELEVATIONSNOW DEPTH
IMS Daily Northern Hemisphere Snow and Ice Analysis at 1 km, 4 km, and 24 km Resolutions, Version 1 (G02156)1 day, 1 dayGIF, NetCDF, GeoTIFF, ASCII
ICE EXTENTSNOW COVER
L3C SMOS Sea Ice Thickness, Version 1 (NSIDC-0688)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
Marginal Ice Zone 2014 Field Campaign, Version 1 (G10031)Not SpecifiedCSV, netCDF-3, netCDF-4, KML
OCEAN SALINITYOCEAN WAVESSEA STATESEA SURFACE TEMPERATURESIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTWAVE DIRECTIONWAVE FREQUENCYWAVE SPEED
MASAM2: Daily 4 km Arctic Sea Ice Concentration, Version 1 (G10005)Not SpecifiedNetCDF, PNG
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
MASAM2: Daily 4 km Arctic Sea Ice Concentration, Version 2 (G10005)1 daynetCDF-4, PNG
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent - Northern Hemisphere (MASIE-NH), Version 1 (G02186)1 day, 1 dayNetCDF, PNG, GeoTIFF, ASCII, Shapefile, KML, Excel
ICE EDGESICE EXTENTICE GROWTH/MELT
NASA Goddard Arctic Sea Ice Melt, Version 1 (NSIDC-0696)Not SpecifiedNot Specified
Near-Real-Time DMSP SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations, Version 2 (NSIDC-0081)1 dayPNG, NetCDF
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Near-Real-Time NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration, Version 2 (G10016)1 dayNetCDF
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Near-Real-Time NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration, Version 3 (G10016)1 dayNetCDF
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
NOAA High-resolution (0.25° x 0.25°) Blended Analysis of Daily SST and Ice, OISSTv2, Version 1 (NSIDC-0676)Not SpecifiedNetCDF, Binary
NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration, Version 4 (G02202)1 dayNetCDF
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration, Version 5 (G02202)1 day, 1 monthNetCDF
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
OSI-SAF Global Low Resolution (62.5 km) Sea Ice Drift, Version 1 (NSIDC-0694)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
OSI-SAF Medium Resolution (20 km) Sea Ice Drift, Version 1 (NSIDC-0693)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors, Version 4 (NSIDC-0116)1 day, 1 dayNetCDF, PNG
ICE VELOCITYSEA ICE MOTION
Quicklook Arctic Weekly EASE-Grid Sea Ice Age, Version 1 (NSIDC-0749)7 dayNetCDF, PNG
SEA ICE AGE
Sample monthly and daily sea ice product from 10 different algorithms, Version 1 (NSIDC-0681)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
Sea Ice Concentration data from AMSR-E, AMSR2 & SSMIS, U Bremen and U Hamburg ASI algorithm, Version 1 (NSIDC-0675)Not SpecifiedHDF, NetCDF, GeoTIFF
Sea Ice Concentration Data from NOAA OI, Version 1 (NSIDC-0683)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
Sea Ice Concentration Data Reprocessed from SMMR and SSM/I, Version 1 (NSIDC-0684)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
Sea Ice Concentration Maps Daily and Monthly Sea Ice Concentration Maps (Near Real Time), Version 1 (NSIDC-0673)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data, Version 2 (NSIDC-0051)1 day, 1 monthPNG, netCDF-4
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Sea Ice Index, Version 3 (G02135)1 dayPNG, GeoTIFF, CSV, Shapefile
ICE EXTENTICE GROWTH/MELTSEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Sea-ice Thickness and Draft Statistics from Submarine ULS, Moored ULS, and a Coupled Model, Version 1 (G02194)VariesASCII
ICE DEPTH/THICKNESSICE DRAFT
SIZONet Barrow Airborne Sea Ice Thickness Surveys, Version 1 (NSIDC-0701)Not SpecifiedPDF, ASCII
Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS Brightness Temperatures, Version 5 (NSIDC-0105)1 yearNetCDF, PNG
SNOW MELT
SSMIS Sea Ice Concentration Maps on 10 km Polar Stereographic Grid, Version 1 (NSIDC-0674)1 dayNetCDF, HDF5, GRIB1
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
U.S. National Ice Center Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Charts in SIGRID-3 Format, Version 1 (G10013)Not SpecifiedShapefile
ICE TYPESSEA ICE CONCENTRATION
U.S. National Ice Center Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration and Climatologies in Gridded Format, Version 1 (G10033)7 dayNetCDF, GeoTIFF, Shapefile
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
U.S. National Ice Center Arctic Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies in Gridded Format, 1972 - 2007, Version 1 (G02172)7 dayGIF, ArcGIS, Binary
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
U.S. National Ice Center Daily Marginal Ice Zone Products, Version 1 (G10017)1 dayASCII, Shapefile, KML
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Unified Sea Ice Thickness Climate Data Record, 1947 Onward, Version 1 (G10006)1 monthASCII
ICE DEPTH/THICKNESSICE DRAFTSNOW TEMPERATURE
University of Hamburg Melt Pond Distribution on Arctic Sea Ice, Version 2, Version 1 (NSIDC-0697)Not SpecifiedNetCDF
USIABP Fast-Ice Buoy Data, Version 1 (NSIDC-0699)Not SpecifiedASCII