org.nsidc:NSIDC-0046
Richard Armstrong, Mary Jo Brodzik
20050101
Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Version 3
3
Boulder, CO USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0046.html
The Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Version 3 product combines snow cover and sea ice extent at weekly intervals from 23 October 1978 through 5 June 2005, and snow cover alone from 3 October 1966 through 23 October 1978. (Sea ice data were not available prior to 23 October 1978.) The data set is the first representation of combined snow and sea ice measurements derived from satellite observations for the period of record. Designed to facilitate study of Northern Hemisphere seasonal fluctuations of snow cover and sea ice extent, the data set also includes monthly climatologies describing average extent, probability of occurrence, and variance. Data are provided in the Northern Hemisphere 25 km equal-area grid (NSIDC Nl EASE-Grid).
Snow cover extent is based on the digital NOAA-NESDIS Weekly Northern Hemisphere Snow Charts, revised by D. Robinson (Rutgers University) and regridded to the EASE-Grid. The original NOAA-NESDIS weekly snow charts are derived from the manual interpretation of AVHRR, GOES, and other visible-band satellite data. Sea ice extent is regridded to EASE-Grid from Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I Passive Microwave Data. Both NOAA and NASA provided funding for the production of this data set.
scientific research
Richard Armstrong, Mary Jo Brodzik
20050101
Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Version 3
Boulder, CO USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0046_nh_ease_snow_seaice.gd.html
19661003
20050605
publication date
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NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
NOAA/NASA PATHFINDER > NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
SSM/I > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
DMSP 5D-2/F8 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8
DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
GOES > NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
GOES-7 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7
NIMBUS-7
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
oceans
None
Arctic
DAAC
EOSDIS
Global
Global Change
Gridded Data
Ice
NASA
Northern Hemisphere
NSIDC
Remote Sensing
Sea Ice
Sea Ice Extent
SMMR
Snow
Snow Cover
Snow Extent
SSMI
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere
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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 > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
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 > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
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University of Colorado
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University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
+1 (303) 492-6199
+1 (303) 492-2468
nsidc@nsidc.org
NSIDC-0046
NSIDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NSIDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Flat binary (1-byte unsigned integer)
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/snow_and_sea_ice/nsidc0046v03/
None
20070822
20050809
NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center
mailing
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
+1 (303) 492-6199
+1 (303) 492-2468
nsidc@nsidc.org
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
FGDC-STD-012-2002