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NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Ice Concentration and Extent (AICE)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
The GOES-R Advanced Basline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Ice Concentration and Extent (AICE) contains estimated ice extent, ice concentration, and ice surface temperature over water surfaces under clear-sky conditions. Linear regression is used to retrieve ice surface temperature from the GOES-R ABI with split window channels. A group threshold method is applied to identify ice over water surfaces and a tie-point algorithm is carried out to determine the representative reflectance/temperature of 100% ice covered surface, which is then used to estimate the ice concentration. The algorithm used for the ABI instrument can be applied to multiple sensors on multiple satellite platforms.

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  • NCEI GOES-R Terrestrial Weather (ABI/GLM)

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  • Product Definition and Users' Guide (PUG) Vol.1 Main

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  • GOES-16 AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1)

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  • GOES-R Program Document Library

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  • GOES Operational Status - NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations

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  • Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords

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EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE SURFACE TEMPERATURE Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere Geographic Region > Southern Hemisphere Geographic Region > Western Hemisphere Continent > North America Continent > North America > United States Of America Continent > North America > Central America Continent > South America GOES > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites ABI > Advanced Baseline Imager GOES-16 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 GOES-17 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 GOES-18 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 18 GOES-19 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 19 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree 1 minute - < 1 hour DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA OneStop Project ABI-L2-AICE gov.noaa.class:GRABIPRD GRABIPRD GRABIPRD ABIL2PROD ABIL2AICEI, ABIL2AICER, ABIL2AICET

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identifier gov.noaa.ncdc:C01538
issued 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
                                            [
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE SURFACE TEMPERATURE",
  "Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere",
  "Geographic Region > Southern Hemisphere",
  "Geographic Region > Western Hemisphere",
  "Continent > North America",
  "Continent > North America > United States Of America",
  "Continent > North America > Central America",
  "Continent > South America",
  "GOES > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites",
  "ABI > Advanced Baseline Imager",
  "GOES-16 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16",
  "GOES-17 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17",
  "GOES-18 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 18",
  "GOES-19 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 19",
  "1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree",
  "1 minute - < 1 hour",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "NOAA OneStop Project",
  "ABI-L2-AICE",
  "gov.noaa.class:GRABIPRD",
  "GRABIPRD",
  "GRABIPRD",
  "ABIL2PROD",
  "ABIL2AICEI, ABIL2AICER, ABIL2AICET"
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language 
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
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  "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
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  "https://www.goes-r.gov/resources/docs.html",
  "https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/status.html"
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial 6.2995,-81.3282,-156.2995,81.3282
temporal 2017-05-16T00:00:00+00:00/2017-05-16T00:00:00+00:00
title NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Level 2 Ice Concentration and Extent (AICE)

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