Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 3
NSIDC provides this data set to aid investigations of variability and trends in sea ice cover. Ice cover in these data are indicated by sea ice concentration: the percentage of the ocean surface covered by ice. The ice-covered area indicates how much ice is present; it is the total surface area of a pixel multiplied by the ice concentration in that pixel. Ice persistence is the percentage of months over the data set time period that ice existed at a location. The ice extent indicates whether ice is present; here, ice is considered to exist in a pixel if the sea ice concentration exceeds 15 percent. This data set provides users with data about total ice-covered areas, sea ice extent, ice persistence, and monthly climatologies of sea ice concentrations.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
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"026:00"
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| contactPoint |
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"fn": "Earthdata Forum",
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"hasEmail": "mailto:earthdata-support@nasa.gov"
}
|
| description | NSIDC provides this data set to aid investigations of variability and trends in sea ice cover. Ice cover in these data are indicated by sea ice concentration: the percentage of the ocean surface covered by ice. The ice-covered area indicates how much ice is present; it is the total surface area of a pixel multiplied by the ice concentration in that pixel. Ice persistence is the percentage of months over the data set time period that ice existed at a location. The ice extent indicates whether ice is present; here, ice is considered to exist in a pixel if the sea ice concentration exceeds 15 percent. This data set provides users with data about total ice-covered areas, sea ice extent, ice persistence, and monthly climatologies of sea ice concentrations. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | 10.5067/IJ0T7HFHB9Y6 |
| keyword |
[
"earth-science-sea-ice-cryosphere-ice-extent",
"earth-science-sea-ice-cryosphere-sea-ice-concentration"
]
|
| landingPage | https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0192_seaice_trends_climo_v3/ |
| modified | 2026-02-17 |
| programCode |
[
"026:000"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "NASA NSIDC DAAC",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| spatial |
"["CARTESIAN",[{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":30.98},{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":-39.23,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90.0}]]"
|
| temporal | 1978-10-26/1978-10-26 |
| theme |
[
"Earth Science"
]
|
| title | Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 3 |
