Sea Ice Concentration from NOAA-20 VIIRS NRT, Antarctic

Summary

This is 750m VIIRS sea ice concentration for the Antarctic from the NOAA-20 satellite. Near-real-time daily data and 4-day composites are available for the past three weeks.

Time Period

Mar 2021 to Nov 2024

Spatial Coverage

Antarctic

Spatial Resolution

795.0 m

Projection

Polar stereographic

Composites

Daily 4-day

Data Provider

NOAA CoastWatch

Parameters

IceConc

Map Settings

Data Access

ERDDAP

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Composite	Dataset Name	ERDDAP ID
Daily	Ice Concentration, NOAA-20 VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Polar Stereographic (South), Antarctic, 750m, Daily, Past 3 Weeks	noaacwVIIRSn20iceconcSP06Daily
4-day	Ice Concentration, NOAA-20 VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Polar Stereographic (South), Daily 4-day Composite	noaacwVIIRSn20iceconcSP06Daily4Day

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

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Data Access Examples

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

ERDDAP Dataset Title

Ice Concentration, NOAA-20 VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Polar Stereographic (South), Antarctic, 750m, Daily, Past 3 Weeks

ERDDAP Dataset ID

noaacwVIIRSn20iceconcSP06Daily

Data Provider

NOAA CoastWatch

More information about this product

https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw/satellite-data-products/sea-ice/viirs-sea-ice-concentration-ice-thickness-ice-surface-temperature.html

Data Provider Web Page

https://coastwatch.noaa.gov

Dataset Description

Enterprise Ice Concentration/ Ice Mask/ Ice Surface Temperature Products

Time Period

Mar 23, 2021 to Nov 15, 2024

Spatial Coverage

Antarctic

Parameters

IceConc

Composites

Daily 4-day

Data Formats

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

Metadata

View in ERDDAP

Projection

Polar Stereographic, EPSG:3976

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

ERDDAP Dataset Title

Ice Concentration, NOAA-20 VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Polar Stereographic (South), Daily 4-day Composite

ERDDAP Dataset ID

noaacwVIIRSn20iceconcSP06Daily4Day

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

Apr 13, 2021 to Nov 13, 2024

Spatial Coverage

Antarctic

Parameters

IceConc

Composites

Daily 4-day

Data Formats

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

Metadata

View in ERDDAP

Projection

Polar Stereographic, EPSG:3976