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ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Ice_cci): Sea Ice Concentration Climate Data Record from the AMSR-E and AMSR-2 instruments at 25km grid spacing, version 2.0

The dataset provides a Climate Data Record of Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) for the polar regions, derived from medium resolution passive microwave satellite data (AMSR-E and AMSR-2). It is processed with an algorithm using medium resolution (19 GHz and 37 GHz) imaging channels, and has been gridded at 25km grid spacing.

This product was generated in the context of the ESA Climate Change Initiative Programme (ESA CCI) by the Sea Ice CCI (Sea_Ice_cci) project. The EUMETSAT OSI SAF contributed with access and re-use of part of its processing software and facilities.

A SIC CDR at 50 km grid spacing is also available (doi:10.5285/70f611b0-ba82-48e6-9190-a62cf9f925f2) and a 12.5km product is in preparation.

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Date (Publication)
2017-02-28T17:08:14
Date (Creation)
2017-02-28T17:08:14
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/bc3f8a3cf94c4d0180a60b7e2bfd9c5b
Identifier
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / bc3f8a3cf94c4d0180a60b7e2bfd9c5b
Identifier
doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/c61bfe88-873b-44d8-9b0e-6a0ee884ad95
Author
  Unavailable - Toudal Pedersen, Leif ( author )
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  Unavailable - Dybkjær, Gorm ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Eastwood, Steinar ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Heygster, Georg ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Ivanova, Natalia ( author )
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  Unavailable - Kern, Stefan ( author )
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  Unavailable - Lavergne, Thomas ( author )
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  Unavailable - Saldo, Roberto ( author )
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  Unavailable - Sandven, Stein ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Sørensen, Atle ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Tonboe, Rasmus T. ( author )
Custodian
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
pointofContact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Publisher
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
Update scope
dataset Dataset
Keywords
  • sea ice
  • Sea Ice
  • ESA
  • CCI
  • Arctic
  • Antarctic
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Access constraints
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Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use constraints
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Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_seaice_terms_and_conditions.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Metadata language
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Topic category
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Begin date
2002-05-31T23:00:00
End date
2015-12-31T23:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • Data are in NetCDF ()

Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - Data Center Contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Ivanova, N., et al., Inter-comparison and evaluation of sea ice algorithms: towards further identification of challenges and optimal approach using passive microwave observations, The Cryosphere, 9, 1797-1817, 2015, doi: 10.5194/tc-9-1797-2015.

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ESA Climate Change Initiative website

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ESA CCI Sea Ice project website

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Data were processed by the ESA CCI Sea Ice project team.

Contribution of the EUMETSAT OSI SAF to the production of this dataset is acknowledged. EUMETSAT OSI SAF provided access and allowed re-use of its SIC reprocessing software and data hosting facilities. The reprocessing chain was further updated with the new algorithms and knowledge from the ESA CCI Sea Ice project.

Data were supplied to CEDA in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project

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Metadata language
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Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Parent identifier
ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (Sea Ice CCI) Dataset Collection 5e789087d4e847308a39b3fe5b26e281
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:10:59
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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