NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration, Version 5

Description

This data set provides a Climate Data Record (CDR) of sea ice concentration from passive microwave data at a 25 km resolution beginning in late October 1978. It is generated using daily gridded brightness temperatures from the GCOM-W Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - 2 (AMSR2), the Aqua AMSR-E sensor, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) series of Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) and Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) passive microwave radiometers onboard F-17, F-13, F-11, and F-8, and the Nimbus Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR). The sea ice concentrations are an estimate of the fraction of ocean area covered by sea ice for both the north and south Polar Regions. The data are provided at daily and monthly resolutions from late October 1978 through most recent processing in NetCDF-4 CF 1.10 format. The data cover the Arctic and Antarctic regions. The related Near-real-time (NRT) NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration is not included in this data submission to NCEI. The daily NRT product is considered to be preliminary data and hosted at NSIDC. The quarterly data submissions to NCEI consist of Final data only.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Dataset landing page with general information and data access links. https://doi.org/10.7265/rjzb-pf78
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.ncdc.noaa:C01705/html
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 https://doi.org/10.7265/rjzb-pf78

Tags

  • dmsp 5d-2/f13
  • polar
  • smmr
  • global change observation mission 1st-water
  • special sensor microwave imager/sounder
  • defense meteorological satellite program-f13
  • dmsp 5d-3/f17
  • national oceanic and atmospheric administration at the national snow and ice data center
  • oceans
  • noaa climate data record (cdr) program
  • advanced microwave scanning radiometer 2
  • 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
  • scanning multichannel microwave radiometer
  • dmsp 5d-2/f11
  • amsr-e
  • weekly - < monthly
  • advanced microwave scanning radiometer-eos
  • cryospheric indicators
  • dmsp 5d-2/f8
  • arctic ocean
  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • ssm/i
  • sea ice
  • daily - < weekly
  • ocean
  • ssmis
  • climate indicators
  • defense meteorological satellite program-f17
  • aqua
  • nimbus
  • defense meteorological satellite program-f11
  • sea ice concentration
  • gcom-w1
  • amsr2
  • special sensor microwave/imager
  • nimbus-7
  • earth observing system
  • defense meteorological satellite program-f8
  • national centers for environmental information
  • oceanic - surface - sea ice

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