Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I
 Data Contributors
- COMISO, JOSEPHINO 'JOEY' C.
Parameters
Instruments
- SMMR : SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
- SSM/I : SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER
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Documentation Access Data
This sea ice concentration data set was derived using measurements from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on the Nimbus-7 satellite and from three Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) sensors on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's (DMSP) -F8, -F11, and -F13 satellites. The data set has been generated using the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) Bootstrap Algorithm with daily varying tie-points. Daily (every other day prior to July 1987) and monthly data are available for both the north and south polar regions. Data are gridded on the SSM/I polar stereographic grid (25 x 25 km) and provided in two-byte integer format. Data are available via FTP. Important Note: The most recent revision (Version 2, released September 2007) has tie-points adjusted to be consistent with the AMSR-E Bootstrap algorithm. This involved a complete reprocessing of the entire SMMR-SSM/I time series. Because Version 2 is inter-calibrated with AMSR-E, it is NOT consistent or compatible with the original version of this data set (Version 1). Users should acquire the entire Version 2 data set in order to update their time series. Data CitationThe following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. List the principal investigators, year of data set release, data set title, dates of data used (for example, 01 January to 15 March 2004), publisher (NSIDC), and media format.
Comiso, J. 1999, updated 2008. Bootstrap sea ice concentrations from NIMBUS-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I, [list dates you used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.
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