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Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors
Entry ID:
NSIDC-0116
Summary
Abstract:
Daily ice motion vectors are computed from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), and International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) buoy data. Daily gridded fields combine data from all sensors, from November 1978 through December 2006. Grids extend from 48.4° N to 90° N, and from 53.2° S to 90° S. ...
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
C. Fowler
Dataset Title:
Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors
Dataset Release Date:
2003-05-23, updated 2008
Dataset Release Place:
Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Version:
1
Online Resource:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0116.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1978-10-25
Stop Date:
2006-12-31
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution:
25 km
Longitude Resolution: 25 km Temporal Resolution: Mean grids are in daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly temporal scales. Science Keywords
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Instrument
Project
Quality
Direct comparisons between the more accurate buoy measurements and vectors derived from passive-microwave data are difficult because of time differences. The SMMR data are composites over two days, and the SSM/I images are composites over a 24-hour period. Each pixel in an image may contain information from more than one orbit. With this problem in mind, Fowler compared vectors derived from ...
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
FTP
Distribution Format:
Enhanced Postscript
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
University of Colorado
City:
Boulder
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80309-0431
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Cracknell, A. 1997. The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. London: Taylor and Francis. Emery, W., C. Fowler, and J. Maslanik. 1995. Satellite Remote Sensing of Ice Motion, in Oceanographic Applications of Remote Sensing, ed. Motoyoshi Ikeda and Frederic W. Dobson. CRC Press, Boca Raton. Isaaks, E., and R. M. Srivastava. 1989. An Introduction to Applied Geostatistics. New York: Oxford ...
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2003-05-23
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-05-13
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