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Arctic and Southern Ocean Sea Ice Concentrations

Entry ID: G00799

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Summary

Abstract: Monthly sea ice concentration for Arctic (1901 to 1995) and Southern oceans (1973 to 1990) were digitized on a standard 1-degree grid (cylindrical projection) to provide a relatively uniform set of sea ice extent for all longitudes, as a basis for hemispheric scale studies of observed sea ice fluctuations (Walsh 1978). The Arctic grid covers the Arctic Ocean and portions of peripheral seas where ...

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Description: Access to sea ice concentration information and data

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -50.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

N: 90.0

S: 40.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: John Walsh and Bill Chapman

Dataset Title: Arctic and Southern Ocean Sea Ice Concentrations

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/G00799.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1953-01-01

Stop Date: 1995-08-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

OCEANS

Project

CGC > NOAA Climate and Global Change Program

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctic

Arctic

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC_NOAA

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: G00799

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Dataset ID: G00799

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC NOAA USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/
Dataset ID: G00799

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Personnel

JOHN E. WALSH

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (217) 333-7521

Email: walsh at wx.atmos.uiuc.edu

Contact Address:

University of Illinois

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

105 South Gregory Avenue

City: Urbana

Province or State: IL

Postal Code: 61801

Publications/References

Walsh, J.E., Data set on Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent, World Data Center A for Glaciology (Snow and Ice), Glaciological Data, Report GD-2, part 1, 49-51, 1978. Walsh, J.E. and C.M. Johnson, Analysis of Arctic sea ice fluctuations 1953-1977. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 9(3), 580-591, 1978.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-12-28

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