NOAA NCDC OISST version2 AVHRR-AMSR ice: Sea ice concentration data

OISST version2 AVHRR-AMSR Sea ice concentration from NOAA NCDC: National Climatic Data Center.

Independent Variables (Grids)

lat (projection_y_coordinate)
grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (89.875S) to (89.875N) by 0.25 N= 720 pts :grid
lon (projection_x_coordinate)
grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0.125E) to (0.125W) by 0.25 N= 1440 pts :grid
Time (time)
grid: /T (days since 1978-01-01 12:00:00) ordered (1 Jun 2002) to (4 Oct 2011) by 1.0 N= 3413 pts :grid
zlev
grid: /zlev (meters) ordered [ (0.0)] :grid

Other Info

datatype
shortarraytype
missing_value
-999
pointwidth
1.0
scale_factor
0.01
standard_name
sea_ice_area_fraction
units
percentage
valid_max
100
valid_min
0

References

Cavalieri_etal1997

Grumbine_etal1996

May_etal1998

Reynolds_etal2007

Last updated: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:56:07 GMT

Data Views

latlonTzlev
[ lon lat zlev | T]MMMM


Filters

Here are some filters that are useful for manipulating data. There are actually many more available, but they have to be entered manually. See Ingrid Function Documentation for more information. Average over lon lat T | lon lat lon T lat T | lon lat T |
RMS (root mean square with mean *not* removed) over lon lat T | lon lat lon T lat T | lon lat T |
RMSA (root mean square with mean removed) over lon lat T | lon lat lon T lat T | lon lat T |
Maximum over lon lat T | lon lat lon T lat T | lon lat T |
Minimum over lon lat T | lon lat lon T lat T | lon lat T |
Detrend (best-fit-line) over lon lat T | lon lat lon T lat T | lon lat T |
Convert units from percentage to

Note on units