This dataset contains an Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Sea Ice Characterization (SIC) from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument onboard the Suomi-NPP satellite and is produced by the NOAA Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The VIIRS SIC EDR provides ice classifications for ice free, new/young age, and other ice at a spatial resolution of 750 meters at nadir for both day and night over oceans poleward of 36 degrees north and 50 degrees south. The SIC algorithm requires accurate inputs from the VIIRS Sea Ice Concentration Intermediate Product (IP) and the VIIRS Cloud Mask (VCM) IP. By default, IDPS VIIRS EDRs obtained from the Comprehensive Large-Array Stewardship System (CLASS) are distributed in four aggregated 86-second granules in Hierarchical Data Format v.5 (HDF5) with metadata attributes included.
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| Title | NOAA JPSS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Sea Ice Characterization (SIC) Environmental Data Record (EDR) from IDPS |
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| Description | This dataset contains an Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Sea Ice Characterization (SIC) from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument onboard the Suomi-NPP satellite and is produced by the NOAA Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The VIIRS SIC EDR provides ice classifications for ice free, new/young age, and other ice at a spatial resolution of 750 meters at nadir for both day and night over oceans poleward of 36 degrees north and 50 degrees south. The SIC algorithm requires accurate inputs from the VIIRS Sea Ice Concentration Intermediate Product (IP) and the VIIRS Cloud Mask (VCM) IP. By default, IDPS VIIRS EDRs obtained from the Comprehensive Large-Array Stewardship System (CLASS) are distributed in four aggregated 86-second granules in Hierarchical Data Format v.5 (HDF5) with metadata attributes included. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T15:30:29.312Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | Earth Science > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Age , Oceanic - Surface - Sea Ice , Geographic Region > Polar , Ocean > Arctic Ocean , Ocean > Southern Ocean , Vertical Location > Sea Surface , JPSS > Joint Polar Satellite System , VIIRS > Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite , SUOMI-NPP > Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership , 500 meters - HTML Markup Was Removed , Hourly - HTML Markup Was Removed , 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/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , gov.noaa.class:VIIRS_EDR , Cryosphere , Lake and Sea Ice , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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