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Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent - Northern Hemisphere (MASIE-NH)

Entry ID: G02186

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Summary

Abstract: The Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent Northern Hemisphere (MASIE-NH) products provide measurements of daily sea ice extent and sea ice edge boundary for the Northern Hemisphere and 16 Arctic regions in a polar stereographic projection. Products include an ASCII text file of sea ice extent values in square km over the entire Northern Hemisphere with 16 separate Arctic regions identified, time ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Sea Ice Index

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 0.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: National Ice Center (NIC) and NSIDC

Dataset Title: Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent - Northern Hemisphere (MASIE-NH)

Dataset Release Date: 2010-12-14

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g02186.html

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 4 km
Longitude Resolution: 4 km

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EDGES

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

ERS-2 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-2

Instrument

SEAWINDS > SeaWinds Scatterometer

Project

REASON > Research, Education, and Applications Solution Network

Quality This code and tables are made available as a public service. While the code has been tested on a SUN, HPUX, and linux platforms, no claim is made for the correctness or suitability of the code or tables for any purpose.

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints Any use of this code is made at the user's own risk. Source code may be freely copied and modified as long as (1) original authorship is acknowledged, and (2) code is not distributed for profit without prior authorization from David G. Long at Brigham Young University, Please sent a copy of any papers resulting from using this code or data tables to Prof. David Long, 459 Clyde Building, BYU, Provo, UT 84602. Source code is copyright 2007 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Ancillary Keywords

Spatial Response

Data Processing

Seawinds

Interpolation Routines

Service Provider

BYU/CRS/SCP > Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder Program, Center for Remote Sensing, Brigham Young University

Service Organization URL: http://www.scp.byu.edu/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: DAVID G. LONG Phone: 801-422-4383 Fax: 801-422-0201 Email: long at ee.byu.edu Contact Address: BYU Center for Remote Sensing Brigham Young University 459 Clyde Building City: Provo Province or State: UT Postal Code: 84602 Country: USA