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NSIDC ice concentration
References
official web page http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0051.html
Climate Explorer URLclimexp.knmi.nl/select.cgi?ice_index_n
Climate Explorer filenameNSIDCData/conc_n.nc
Variable
nameice
units1
long_namesea ice concentration
Netcdf global metadata
titleNSIDC sea ice concentrations
ConventionsCF-1.0
historyuser oldenbor 2021-10-04 12:17:07 grads2nc conc_n.ctl conc_n.nc\
institutionNSIDC
source_urlnsidc.org/data/nsidc-0051.html
referenceCavalieri, D. J., C. L. Parkinson, P. Gloersen, and H. J. Zwally. 1996, updated yearly. Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data, Version 1. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: dx.doi.org/10.5067/8GQ8LZQVL0VL. Accessed Mon Oct 4 12:17:07 PM MEST 2021
geospatial_lat_min45.f
geospatial_lat_max90.f
geospatial_lat_unitsdegrees_north
geospatial_lon_min-45.f
geospatial_lon_max315.f
geospatial_lon_unitsdegrees_east
geospatial_lat_resolution1.f
geospatial_lon_resolution1.f
time_coverage_start1981-01-15
time_coverage_end2021-09-15
climexp_urlclimexp.knmi.nl/select.cgi?ice_index_n
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