Sea Ice Thickness from APP-X NCEI CDR, Arctic

Summary

This is 25-km sea ice thickness for the Arctic from the NOAA CDR of the Extended Polar Pathfinder cryosphere dataset from NCEI. Twice daily data are available from 1982 to present.

Time Period

Jan 1982 to Nov 2024

Spatial Coverage

Arctic

Spatial Resolution

25 km

Projection

Polar stereographic

Composites

Daily

Data Provider

NOAA CoastWatch

Parameters

cdr sea ice thickness, cdr surface temperature, cdr surface albedo, cdr surface downwelling shortwave flux, +13 more

Map Settings

Data Access

ERDDAP

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Dataset Name	ERDDAP ID
Sea Ice Thickness and Multi-variable Extended AVHRR Polar Pathfinder APP-X NCEI Climate Data Record V2, Arctic, 1982-Present, Twice Daily	ncei_polarAPPX20_nhem

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

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Full Details

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ERDDAP Dataset Title

Sea Ice Thickness and Multi-variable Extended AVHRR Polar Pathfinder APP-X NCEI Climate Data Record V2, Arctic, 1982-Present, Twice Daily

ERDDAP Dataset ID

ncei_polarAPPX20_nhem

Data Provider

NOAA CoastWatch

More information about this product

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00941/html

Data Provider Web Page

Dataset Description

summary

Time Period

Jan 01, 1982 to Nov 12, 2024

Spatial Coverage

Arctic

Parameters

cdr sea ice thickness, cdr surface temperature, cdr surface albedo, cdr surface downwelling shortwave flux, cdr surface downwelling longwave flux, cdr surface upwelling shortwave flux, cdr surface upwelling longwave flux, cdr cloud binary mask, cdr toa net downward shortwave flux, cdr toa outgoing shortwave flux, cdr toa outgoing longwave flux, surface type, cloud particle phase, cloud particle radius, cloud optical depth, cloud top pressure, cloud top temperature, cloud type, surface shortwave cloud radiative forcing, surface longwave cloud radiative forcing

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:3408