Description
This data set reports the location of sea ice cover derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Following the approach used by MODIS, Sea Ice is detected using the Normalized Difference Snow Index. The VIIRS instrument flies onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite.
Resources
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| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | Direct download via HTTPS protocol. | Open resource |
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