org.nsidc:G00799 John Walsh and Bill Chapman Unknown Arctic and Southern Ocean Sea Ice Concentrations Boulder, CO U.S.A. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) http://nsidc.org/data/G00799.html Monthly sea ice concentration for Arctic (1901 to 1995) and Southern oceans (1973 to 1990) has been digitized on a standard 1-degree grid (cylindrical projection) to provide a relatively uniform set of sea ice extent for all longitudes, as a basis for hemispheric scale studies of observed sea ice fluctuations (Walsh 1978). The Arctic grid covers the Arctic Ocean and portions of peripheral seas where sea ice occurs during all or part of the year. The Southern Ocean grid extends to approximately 50 degrees south latitude. Potential uses of this data set include statistical analysis of anomalies in different regions, computing regional and hemispheric trends, and modeling the high latitude surface energy budget. Data sources are U.S. Fleet Weather Facility, U.S. Navy National Ice Center (formerly Navy/NOAA Joint Ice Center), U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Canadian Department of Transport, British Meteorological Office, Danish Meteorological Institute, Norwegian Polar Institute, and Icelandic ice summaries. Data are available via ftp. Software to select and print grids by date is also available. scientific research John Walsh and Bill Chapman Unknown Arctic and Southern Ocean Sea Ice Concentrations Boulder, CO U.S.A. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g00799_arctic_southern_sea_ice/index.html 19530101 19950831 publication date Complete Unknown -180 180 90 40 NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Extent NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords CGC > NOAA Climate and Global Change Program ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program ISO 19115 Topic Categories climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere oceans None Antarctic Arctic Global Change Gridded Data Ice Concentration Model Input Data NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Geographic Region > Polar Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Barents Sea Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Beaufort Sea Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Chukchi Sea Ocean > Atlantic Ocean Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Greenland Sea Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Bering Sea Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Bering Sea Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Gulf Of Alaska Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Sea Of Japan Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Sea Of Okhotsk Ocean > Southern Ocean > Amundsen Sea 5 NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Extent None None BILL CHAPMAN mailing
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