U.S. National Ice Center Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration and Climatologies in Gridded Format, Version 1
Weekly sea ice concentration charts from the U.S. National Ice Center along with total ice concentration, multiyear ice concentration, first-year ice concentration, thin ice concentration, and fast ice extent. In addition, there are also period-of-record, 5-year and 10-year climatological averages.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 90.0 S: 19.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0, N: -19.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: NetCDF, GeoTIFF, Shapefile |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | SATELLITES | |
| Data Center(s): | NSIDC | Instrument(s): | SAR, VISIBLE SPECTROMETER |
| Version: | 1 | ||
- Type: NOT PROVIDEDDescription: NSIDCs File Transfer Protocol (FTP) file system for data distribution. FTP can be accessed through browser, command line utility, or FTP client.
- Type: Web User InterfaceDescription: A search interface providing users the ability to search amongst all data sets cataloged by NSIDC.
- Title: U.S. National Ice Center Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration and Climatologies in Gridded Format, Version 1
- Version: 1
- Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center
10.7265/46cc-3952
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.7265/46cc-3952, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.
Collection Information
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Purpose
Scientific Research
Data Identification
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Processing Level
Level 3
Geophysical variables mapped on a grid
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Collection Progress
Planned
Related URLs
Other Descriptive Keywords
ISO Topic Categories
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Acquisition Information
Temporal Information
Spatial Information
Gridded Resolutions
Gridded Resolution 1
X Dimension10.0 Kilometers
Y Dimension10.0 Kilometers
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | GEODETIC |
Resolution and Coordinate System
Horizontal Data Resolution
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT
- ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- ARCTIC
Data Centers
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NSIDC
ARCHIVER-
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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NSIDC
DISTRIBUTOR-
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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Data Contacts
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NSIDC Services
Technical ContactNSIDC Services
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CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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Florence Fetterer
Technical ContactFlorence Fetterer
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Boulder, CO
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J Stewart
Technical ContactJ Stewart
This contact does not have any addresses listed.
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U.S. National Ice Center
User ServicesU.S. National Ice Center
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4251 Suitland Road
NSOF
Washington, DC, DC 20395
1 301 817 3975
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
User ServicesNational Snow and Ice Data Center
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Boulder, Colorado
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: NetCDF
Format Type: Native
Format Description: FTP
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Format: GeoTIFF
Format Type: Native
Format Description: FTP
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Format: Shapefile
Format Type: Native
Format Description: FTP
File Distribution Information
There is no direct distribution information for this collection.