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4.1.1 Appendix 1

ESMR, SMMR, SMMI, SMISS passive microwave data sets related to sea ice at NSIDC

Product ID

Parameter

Data set title and link

NSIDC-0001

Brightness temperature

DMSP SSM/I daily polar gridded brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0001

NSIDC-0032

Brightness temperature

DMSP SSM/I pathfinder daily EASE-grid brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0032

NSIDC-0036

Brightness temperature

Nimbus-7 SMMR pathfinder brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0036

NSIDC-0037

Brightness temperature

Nimbus-7 SMMR antenna temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0037

NSIDC-0071

Brightness temperature

Nimbus-7 SMMR pathfinder daily EASE-grid brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0071

NSIDC-0077

Brightness temperature

Nimbus-5 ESMR polar gridded brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0077

NSIDC-0080

Brightness temperature

Near real-time DMSP SSM/I daily polar gridded brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0080

NISE1

Sea ice and snow cover

Near real-time SSM/I EASE-grid daily global ice concentration and snow extent

https://nsidc.org/data/NISE

NSIDC-0024

Sea ice and snow cover

Nimbus-7 SMMR derived monthly global snow cover and snow depth

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0024

NSIDC-0046

Sea ice and snow cover

Northern hemisphere EASE-grid weekly snow cover and sea ice extent version 2

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0046

NSIDC-0042

Land

DMSP-F8 SSM/I pathfinder land surface products

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0042

NSIDC-0002

Sea ice

DMSP SSM/I daily and monthly polar gridded sea ice concentrations

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0002

NSIDC-0007

Sea ice

Nimbus-7 SMMR polar gridded radiances and sea ice concentrations

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0007

NSIDC-0009

Sea ice

Nimbus-5 ESMR polar gridded sea ice concentrations

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0009

NSIDC-0028

Sea ice

DMSP-F8 SSM/I pathfinder global level 2 sea ice concentrations

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0028

NSIDC-0051

Sea ice

Sea ice concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I passive microwave data

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0051

NSIDC-0079

Sea ice

Bootstrap sea ice concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0079

NSIDC-0081

Sea ice

Near real-time DMSP SSM/I daily polar gridded sea ice concentrations

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0081

NSIDC-0105

Sea ice

Snow melt onset over Arctic sea ice from SMMR and SSM/I brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0105

NSIDC-0116

Sea ice

Polar pathfinder daily 25 km EASE-Grid sea ice motion vectors

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0116

NSIDC-0192

Sea ice

Sea ice trends and climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0192

4.1.2 Appendix 2

AMSR-E passive microwave data sets related to sea ice at NSIDC

Product ID

Parameter

Data set title and link

AMSREL1A

Brightness temperature

AMSR-E/aqua L1A raw observation counts

https://nsidc.org/data/amsrel1a

AE_L2A

Brightness temperature

AMSR-E/aqua L2A global swath spatially-resampled brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/ae_l2a

NSIDC-0301

Brightness temperature

AMSR-E/aqua daily EASE-grid brightness temperatures

https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0301

AE_SI6

Brightness temperature

AMSR-E/aqua daily L3 6.25 km 89 GHz brightness temperature polar grids

https://nsidc.org/data/ae_si6

AE_SI12

Brightness temperature

AMSR-E/aqua daily L3 12.5 km brightness temperatures, sea ice concentration, and snow depth polar grids

Sea ice

https://nsidc.org/data/ae_si12

AE_SI25

Brightness temperature

AMSR-E/aqua daily L3 25 km brightness temperatures and sea ice concentration polar grids

Sea ice

https://nsidc.org/data/ae_si25

AE_SID

Sea ice

AMSR-E/aqua daily L3 6.25 km sea ice drift polar grids

https://nsidc.org/data/ae_sid

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