Sea Ice Thickness from NOAA-SNPP VIIRS NRT, Antarctic

Summary

This is 750m VIIRS sea ice thickness for the Antarctic from the NOAA S-NPP satellite. NRT daily data are available for the past 3 weeks.

Time Period

Jan 2021 to Apr 2021

Spatial Coverage

Antarctic

Spatial Resolution

795.0 m

Projection

Composites

Daily

Data Provider

NOAA CoastWatch

Parameters

IceThickness

Map Settings

Data Access

ERDDAP

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Dataset Name	ERDDAP ID
Ice Thickness, NOAA S-NPP VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Polar Stereographic (South), Antarctic, 750m, Daily, Past 3 Weeks	noaacwVIIRSnppicethickSP06Daily

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Full Details

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ERDDAP Dataset Title

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

ERDDAP Dataset ID

noaacwVIIRSnppicethickSP06Daily

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 Thickness/ Age Products

Time Period

Jan 19, 2021 to Apr 20, 2021

Spatial Coverage

Antarctic

Parameters

IceThickness

Composites

Daily

Data Formats

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

Metadata

View in ERDDAP

Projection

, EPSG:3976