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NOAA JPSS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Ice Thickness and Age Environmental Data Records (EDRs) from NDE

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Ice Thickness and Age from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument onboard Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, and NOAA-21. This daily product provides estimates of sea and lake ice thickness and age for all pixels covered with ice. The current ice thickness and age design has the ability to estimate sea and lake ice thickness up to 3 meters under both clear and cloudy conditions at night. The algorithm also works during daytime though estimates are more uncertain. VIIRS Ice Thickness and Age products are generated by the NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and distributed by the Comprehensive Large-Array Stewardship System (CLASS) as single 86-second granules in NetCDF-4 format with metadata attributes included.

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Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-19T15:30:38.049Z
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Title NOAA JPSS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Ice Thickness and Age Environmental Data Records (EDRs) from NDE
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Keywords Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Cryospheric Indicators > Sea Ice Concentration , Earth Science > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Age , Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Cryospheric Indicators > Ice Depth/Thickness , Oceanic - Surface - Sea Ice , Geographic Region > Global Ocean , Vertical Location > Sea Surface , NOAA OneStop Project , JPSS > Joint Polar Satellite System , VIIRS > Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite , SUOMI-NPP > Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership , NOAA-20 > Joint Polar Satellite System - 1 , NOAA-21 > Joint Polar Satellite System - 2 , 1 km - HTML Markup Was Removed , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , Nde > Nesdis Data Exploitation , Edr > Environmental Data Record , gov.noaa.class:JPSS_GRAN , Cryosphere , Lake and Sea Ice , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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