CryoSat-2 Level-4 Sea Ice Elevation, Freeboard, and Thickness, Version 1
Data set id:
RDEFT4
DOI: 10.5067/96JO0KIFDAS8
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and concentration, ice freeboard and surface roughness, as well as snow density and depth, derived from the ESA CryoSat-2 Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL). The data are provided daily on a 25 km grid as 30-day averages for the months between September and May.
Parameter(s):
FREEBOARDICE DEPTH/THICKNESSICE ROUGHNESSSEA ICE CONCENTRATIONSNOW DENSITYSNOW DEPTH
Platform(s):
CRYOSAT-2, DMSP 5D-3/F17
Sensor(s):
SIRAL, SSMIS
Data Format(s):
PNG, NetCDF
Temporal Coverage:
20 September 2010 to present
Temporal Resolution:
- 30 day
Spatial Resolution:
- 25 km
- 25 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
EPSG:3413
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
55
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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