Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-24T02:51:55Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 23 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0079 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-39.0-180.0,30.0,180.0,90.0 1978-10-26T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

This sea ice concentration data set was derived using measurements from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on the Nimbus-7 satellite and from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0508 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1978-10-27T00:00:00Z 2009-10-24T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

The global reprocessed sea ice concentration data set from the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) spans 1978 through 2009 and was generated with brightness temperature ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0081 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-39.23-180.0,30.98,180.0,90.0 1999-04-05T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

This data set provides a near-real-time (NRT) map of sea ice concentrations for both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The near-real-time passive microwave brightness temperature data are acquired ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0009 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-39.23-180.0,30.98,180.0,90.0 1972-12-12T00:00:00Z 1976-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

Daily and monthly averaged sea ice concentrations from the Nimbus-5 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) are available for the Arctic and Antarctic from 12 December 1972 through 31 December ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0007 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-39.0-180.0,30.0,180.0,90.0 1978-10-25T00:00:00Z 1987-08-20T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

This data set contains gridded brightness temperatures and sea ice concentrations for both polar regions. It spans the period from October 1978 through August 1987, when the Nimbus-7 SMMR scanner ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0051 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-39.23-180.0,30.98,180.0,90.0 1978-10-26T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

This data set is generated from brightness temperature data derived from the following sensors: the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), the Defense Meteorological Satellite ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0192 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-39.23-180.0,30.98,180.0,90.0 1978-10-26T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

NSIDC provides a suite of value-added products to aid in investigations of the variability and trends of sea ice cover. These products provide users with information about sea ice extent, total ice-covered ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G02171 -164.05002,39.527767,21.969246,83.193726 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z

The Canadian Ice Service (CIS) produces digital Arctic regional sea ice charts for marine navigation, climate research, and input to the Global Digital Sea Ice Data Bank (GDSIDB). The ice charts are ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G02202 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-39.23-180.0,30.98,180.0,90.0 1978-10-26T00:00:00Z 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z

This data set provides a Climate Data Record (CDR) of passive microwave sea ice concentration based on the recommendations from the National Research Council (NRC) (2004). It is produced from gridded ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NISE1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1995-05-04T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z

The Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent product (Near-real-time Ice and Snow Extent, NISE) provides daily, global near-real-time maps of sea ice concentrations ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS149 -180.0,65.0,-141.0,80.0 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z 2000-06-30T00:00:00Z 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z 2001-06-30T00:00:00Z 2012-05-11T04:00:00Z

This data set formed the basis for estimating sea ice floe velocities covering two spring whaling seasons with markedly different rates of success from March to June in 2000 and 2001 in the Chukchi ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0084 -180.0,-76.0,180.0,-57.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-08-01T04:00:00Z

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB), through participating research organizations in various countries, maintains a network of drifting buoys ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASPECT -180.0,-80.0,180.0,-60.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-29T04:00:00Z

Ship observations, collected over the period 1980 - 2004, will be used to determine the regional and seasonal variability of the Antarctic sea ice thickness distribution. The thickness of Antarctic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0050 -130.0,45.0,105.0,90.0-24.0,68.0,110.0,90.0 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-30T00:00:00Z 2011-06-30T04:00:00Z

NOTE: This data set has been replaced by the Sea Ice Charts of the Russian Arctic in Gridded Format, 1933-2006 data set (http://nsidc.org/data/g02176.html). These gridded ice charts represent a ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0431 -175.0,58.0,-145.0,74.0 2003-03-13T00:00:00Z 2003-03-13T00:00:00Z 2003-03-15T00:00:00Z 2003-03-15T00:00:00Z 2003-03-20T00:00:00Z 2003-03-20T00:00:00Z 2003-03-22T00:00:00Z 2003-03-22T00:00:00Z 2011-03-08T05:00:00Z

Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G02172 -180.0,45.0,180.0,90.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-23T05:00:00Z

The U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) is an inter-agency sea ice analysis and forecasting center comprised of the Department of Commerce/NOAA, the Department of Defense/U.S. Navy, and the Department ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0090 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Cryospheric regions, or regions where water is found in solid form, are among the most sensitive to temperature change. Average temperatures in snow and ice-covered areas typically ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FNMOC_SSMI -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

Sea ice concentration observational data from the FNMOC Ocean QC (Quality Control) process are posted in near real-time to the USGODAE server. These files contain all of the unclassified ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1080 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-30.0 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z

The sea ice data are the SMMR/SMMI data for the period 1978-96. These are in the form of daily (or bi-diurnal) concentration amounts on a regular grid. The data on the extratropical cyclones has been ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]SOE_seaice -180.0,-80.0,180.0,-60.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z

INDICATOR DEFINITION The northern limit of the pack ice as defined by the 15% concentration of sea ice determined by the SSM/I instrument or its replacement. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]REYNOLDS_SST -180.0,-89.5,180.0,89.5 1981-10-29T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2007-09-19T04:00:00Z

The data sets in the CDC archive called "Reynolds SST' and "Reconstructed Reynolds SST" were discontinued on 1 April 2003. A new OI SST data set is available as described here, which includes a new ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]Canada_SEA_ICE_ATLAS -180.0,45.0,180.0,90.0 1987-07-01T00:00:00Z 1990-06-30T00:00:00Z 2005-04-26T04:00:00Z

The Canadian Sea Ice Atlas from Microwave Remotely Sensed Imagery was one of Canada's contributions to the United Nations International Space Year (ISY)-1992. The Sea Ice Atlas was funded by the Atmospheric ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WALSH_CHAPMAN_SEAICE -180.0,50.0,180.0,90.0 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2003-05-07T04:00:00Z

Mid-month values of sea ice concentration for the Arctic are digitized on a standard 1-degree grid (cylindrical projection) to provide a "relatively uniform set of sea ice extent for all longitudes, ...