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Parameter Description and File Naming Convention for IceBridge-Related DMS-Derived L4 Sea Ice Surface Cover Classification Images
Parameter Information
The parameter provided in this data set is sea ice surface classification with values ranging from 0 to 5, as summarized in Table 1 below:
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Table 1. Sea Ice Surface Classes |
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Parameter value |
Sea ice surface class |
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0 |
No data |
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1 |
Snow and bright ice |
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2 |
Dark and thin ice |
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3 |
Melt ponds and submerged ice |
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4 |
Open water |
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5 |
Ridge shadows |
File Information
Format
Data files are provided as: TIFF images, (.tif) format and quality score files in CSV (.csv) format.
Additional file-level metadata are also provided in XML (.xml) format.
Naming Convention
Example file names:
RDSISC4_2018_04_16_01409_classified.tif
GR_20180416_metadata.csv
RDSISC4_2018_04_16_01409_classified.tif.xml
The files are named according to the following convention, which is described in more detail in Table 2:
RDSISC4_yyyy_mm_dd_NNNNN_classified.ext
GR_YYYYMMDD_metadata.csv
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Table 2. File Naming Convention |
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Segment of file name |
Description |
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RDSISC4 |
Data set ID |
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yyyy_mm_dd |
Year, month, and day of measurement for data files |
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NNNNN |
Frame number from the digital mapping system (DMS) camera |
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classified |
File content type: classified images |
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GR |
Location: Greenland (GR) |
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YYYYMMDD |
Year, month, and day of measurement for metadata files |
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.ext |
File type: .tif: Image file |
