U.S. National Ice Center Daily Marginal Ice Zone Products, Version 1
Data set id:
G10017
DOI: 10.7265/ggcq-1m67
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release.
Overview
The marginal ice zone (MIZ) is defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as “the region of an ice cover which is affected by waves and swell penetrating into the ice from the open ocean” (WMO, 2014). This data product is a U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) rendering of the MIZ as the band of ice in concentrations between 1/10 and 8/10, or about 10% to 80% concentration, that surrounds Arctic and Antarctic pack ice with higher concentrations. The time series begins in September 2004 for the Arctic and January 2010 for the Antarctic.
Parameter(s):
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Platform(s):
BUOYS, MODELS, SATELLITES, WEATHER STATIONS
Sensor(s):
DRIFTING BUOYS, NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
ASCII, Shapefile, KML
Temporal Coverage:
19 October 2004 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- 1 day
Spatial Resolution:
- not applicable
- not applicable
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-59
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
90
S:
43
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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