VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Cover Daily L3 Global 375m EASE-Grid 2.0 Day V002

Description

This data set reports sea ice cover/extent derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Following the approach used by MODIS, the algorithm converts VIIRS calibrated radiances into brightness temperature and computes sea ice cover using Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI). VIIRS flies on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FF6WVWUR3AH3W
21 Search and filter data files using a map-based interface https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=VNP29P1D+V002
21 Search and filter data files using a map-based interface https://nsidc.org/data/data-access-tool/VNP29P1D/versions/2/
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.5067/F6WVWUR3AH3W
21 Direct download via HTTPS protocol. https://n5eil01u.ecs.nsidc.org/VIIRS/VNP29P1D.002

Tags

  • cryosphere
  • earth-science
  • sea-ice

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