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Sea Ice Concentration from NOAA-SNPP VIIRS NRT, Arctic

Summary

This is 750m VIIRS sea ice concentration for the Arctic. NRT daily data are available from May 2020 to Present.

Time Period

Jan 2021 to Apr 2021

Spatial Coverage

Arctic

Spatial Resolution

795.0 m

Projection

Polar stereographic

Composites

Daily

Data Provider

NOAA CoastWatch

Parameters

IceConc

Map Settings

Variable

Map View

Time

ERDDAP

Data Access

ERDDAP

ERDDAP is a data server that gives you a simple, consistent way to download data in the format and the spatial and temporal coverage that you want. Use the following links to access the data in ERDDAP.

Dataset Name	ERDDAP ID
Ice Concentration, NOAA S-NPP VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Polar Stereographic (North), Arctic, 750m, Daily, Past 3 Weeks	noaacwVIIRSnppiceconcNP06Daily

These Data are in Projected Coordinates

This dataset is provided by NOAA CoastWatch in a Polar Stereographic projection. Check out these tips on accessing projected data from our servers.

Working with Lat-Lon Grids

View an R code example of how to access projected data from ERDDAP using the latitude-longitude grids. View Example

NetCDF File Users

For CF compliant projected files, use a link from the ERDDAP dataset list and then choose 'files' access instead of the ERDDAP download form.

Data Access Examples

View demonstrations of working with the ERDDAP interface and working with R scripts and the ERDDAP API
https://polarwatch.noaa.gov/tools-training/code-gallery

Full Details

The following details are from the dataset metadata. View dataset details in ERDDAP

ERDDAP Dataset Title

Ice Concentration, NOAA S-NPP VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Polar Stereographic (North), Arctic, 750m, Daily, Past 3 Weeks

ERDDAP Dataset ID

noaacwVIIRSnppiceconcNP06Daily

Data Provider

NOAA CoastWatch

More information about this product

https://coastwatch.noaa.gov

Data Provider Web Page

https://coastwatch.noaa.gov

Dataset Description

Enterprise Ice Concentration/ Ice Mask/ Ice Surface Temperature Products

Time Period

Jan 16, 2021 to Apr 18, 2021

Spatial Coverage

Arctic

Parameters

IceConc

Composites

Daily

Data Formats

Data are available in a number of formats including NetCDF, csv, graphics and more.

Metadata

View in ERDDAP

Projection

Polar Stereographic, EPSG:3413