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Global sea-Ice Content (GICE2.3b) anomalies (1871-2003)
GICE (Global sea-Ice) is a gridded dataset of sea-ice coverage fractions covering the period 1856-February 2003. The current version of the dataset is GICE23b.
GISST/GICE was originally developed as an extention to MOHSST that provided a globally complete SST analysis and sea-ice data. This is required to drive atmospheric general circulation models.
GISST/GICE has now been superceeded by HadISST. We now recommend use of HadISST instead of GISST/GICE for all purposes. GICE is only still available in case it is needed for direct comparison with earlier work where GICE was used. GICE is no longer updated or developed.
The sea-ice component of GISST (GICE) contains known inhomogeneities, especially in the antarctic. GISST should not be used for studies of sea-ice variability.
GISST sea-ice fractions are based on a mixture of charts, satellite observations and statistical interpolations.
The current version of the dataset is GICE 2.3B which was provided by the Met Office.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2007-02-02T17:08:19
- Date (Creation)
- 2007-02-02T17:08:19
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / dadcfc64a08d59d81cfb2fc9be7ed7ad
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned Not planned
- Update scope
- dataset Dataset
- Keywords
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- Met Office
- GICE
- GISST
- SST
- Ice
- Blended
- Land
- climate
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- atmospheric conditions
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid Grid
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2003-02-28T00:00:00
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- OnLine resource
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DOWNLOAD
Download Data
- OnLine resource
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Rayner N.A. et al., 1996
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- OnLine resource
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GICE2.3B File Format Explained
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- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data files acquired by the BADC from the Met Office Hadley Centre in 2000. Original data files were split in yearly files. Original files also available in the archive.
- File identifier
- dadcfc64a08d59d81cfb2fc9be7ed7ad XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
- Parent identifier
- Met Office Global Ice coverage and Sea Surface Temperatures (GISST), and Monthly night marine air temperature/SST anomalies (MOHMATN4)/(MOHSST6) Data (1856-2006) fda780a7697f384010674ebb1d5e4f23
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-07-15T02:02:08
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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