ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Ice_cci): Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) from the SSMI instrument, Version 1.11

This data set is part of the ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (CCI) project. The dataset provides sea ice concentration (SIC) for the Antarctic region, derived from the SSMI satellite instrument.

It consists of daily gridded SIC fields based on Passive Microwave Radiometer measurements from the SSMI instrument with a 25km grid spacing, along with the total standard error (uncertainty) and quality control flags. It has been built upon the algorithms and processing software originally developed at the EUMETSAT OSI SAF for their SIC dataset.

Please note, in the sea ice concentration data set - on purpose - no weather filter has been applied to eliminate weather-induced spurious ice in the open ocean along the ice edge in order to avoid discarding regions with a real sea ice cover. Users are advised to read the product user guide and the publication by Ivanova et al. [2015] (see documentation section).

A second sea ice dataset has also been produced from the AMSR-E instrument, and these should be regarded as individual datasets and not combined without further investigations about the compatibility.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2016-03-08T16:45:19
Dataset Reference Date ()
2016-03-08T16:45:19
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ffea041274fd4f2b929ff7a826395742
Identifier
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / ffea041274fd4f2b929ff7a826395742
  Unavailable - Toudal Pedersen, Leif ( author )
  Unavailable - Dybkjær, Gorm ( author )
  Unavailable - Heygster, Georg ( author )
  Unavailable - Ivanova, Natalia ( author )
  Unavailable - Kern, Stefan ( author )
  Unavailable - Lavergne, Thomas ( author )
  Unavailable - Rösel, Anja ( author )
  Unavailable - Saldo, Roberto ( author )
  Unavailable - Sandven, Stein ( author )
  Unavailable - Sørensen, Atle ( author )
  Unavailable - Tonboe, Rasmus T. ( author )
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown
Update scope
dataset
Keywords
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • orthoimagery
Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/esacci_seaice_terms_and_conditions.pdf . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
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Begin date
1992-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2008-12-31T00:00:00
 
Code
WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format
  • Data are in NetCDF format ()

Resource Locator
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

Detail and access information for the resource

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Ivanova, N., et al., Inter-comparison and evaluation of sea ice algorithms: towards further identification of challenges and optimal approach using passive microwave observations, The Cryosphere, 9, 1797-1817, 2015, doi: 10.5194/tc-9-1797-2015.

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ESA Climate Change Initiative website

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ESA CCI Sea Ice project website

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Product User Guide

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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Ivanova, N., et al., Inter-comparison and evaluation of sea ice algorithms: towards further identification of challenges and optimal approach using passive microwave observations, The Cryosphere, 9, 1797-1817, 2015, doi: 10.5194/tc-9-1797-2015.

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Resource Locator
ESA Climate Change Initiative website

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ESA CCI Sea Ice project website

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Sample Image

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Product User Guide

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Quality Scope
dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement

Data were processed by the ESA CCI Sea Ice project team.

Contribution of the EUMETSAT OSI SAF to the production of the SICCI SIC dataset is acknowledged. EUMETSAT OSI SAF provided access and allowed re-use of its SIC reprocessing software and data hosting facilities. The reprocessing chain was further updated with the new algorithms and knowledge from the ESA CCI Sea Ice project.

Data was supplied to CEDA in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project

Metadata

File identifier
ffea041274fd4f2b929ff7a826395742 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (Sea Ice CCI) Dataset Collection 5e789087d4e847308a39b3fe5b26e281
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-01-24T01:38:35
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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