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HadISST1.1 - Global Monthly Mean Gridded Ice Concentrations (1870-2015)
This dataset contains measurements of sea ice content (HadISST1.1). Dataset include monthly mean gridded (1deg grid), global Ice content from 1870 to October 2015. This product replaced the GISST/GICE (Global Sea Surface Temperature/Global sea-Ice content) data sets ended in February 2003.
The sea ice data are taken from a variety of sources including digitized sea ice charts and passive microwave retrievals.
The sea ice fields are made more homogeneous by compensating satellite microwave-based sea ice concentrations for the impact of surface melt effects on retrievals in the Arctic and for algorithm deficiencies in the Antarctic, and by making the historical in situ concentrations consistent with the satellite data. SSTs near sea ice are estimated using statistical relationships between SST and sea ice concentration.
From May 2007 the data set of in situ measurements used in HadISST has changed. The MOHSST data set, which was previously used has been discontinued, and HadSST2 is now being used in its place. The two systems ran in parallel for several months prior to the changeover and no significant differences were seen.
The data were provided by the Hadley centre (Met Office).
Important Notes:
On 13th March 2015: Users have noticed that there is a minor discontinuity at the dateline in HadISST1 SST fields starting in 1982. It appears to only affect gridcells just to the east of the dateline. Please note that this can affect estimates of the mean and variability of SSTs in HadISST1 when analysed across this region.
On 8th March 2011: The switch of satellite source data at the start of 2009 introduced a discontinuity in the fields of sea ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
On 3rd December 2010: The SSM/I satellite that is used to provide the data for the sea ice analysis in HadISST suffered a significant degradation in performance through January and February 2009. The problem affected HadISST fields from January 2009 and probably causes an underestimate of ice extent and concentration. It also affected ses surface temperatures in sea ice areas because the SSTs are estimated from the sea ice concentration. As of 3rd December 2010, the Met Office Hadley Centre has reprocessed the data from January 2009 to the present using a difference sea ice data source. This is an improvement on the previous situation but users should still note that the switch of data source at the start of 2009 might introduce a discontinuity into the record.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2007-02-02T00:27:52
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2007-02-02T00:27:52
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 1dcb79727b313a281233afc3c3e10519
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- Met Office
- Hadley
- SST
- ice
- ocean
- temperature
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2015-10-31T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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ASCII and NetCDF
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ASCII and NetCDF
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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DOWNLOAD
Download Data
- Resource Locator
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Rayner N.A. et al., 2003
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Met Office Hadley Centre Observations HadISST website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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HadISST File Format explained
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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DOWNLOAD
Download Data
- Resource Locator
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Rayner N.A. et al., 2003
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Met Office Hadley Centre Observations HadISST website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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HadISST File Format explained
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data obtained from the period 1870 to present by the Met Office Hadley Centre, using satellite and sea surface in-situ observations are passed to the BADC for archiving.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 1dcb79727b313a281233afc3c3e10519 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- Met Office HadISST 1.1 - Global sea-Ice coverage and Sea Surface Temperature (1870-2015) facafa2ae494597166217a9121a62d3c
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2022-05-17T00:38:13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
