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Global Sea Ice Concentration climate data record (SMMR/SSMI/SSMIS), release 3

Released Climate product

The sea-ice concentration Climate Data Record covering the northern and southern hemispheres. Extended by the Interim Climate Data Record OSI-430-a.
L3/L4 daily files, and monthly average files, and monthly sea-ice extent/area indicator.

Identification
Acronym : GBL SICO CDR R3
OSI SAF producer : Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Identifier : OSI-450-a
Digital object identifier (DOI) 10.15770/EUM_SAF_OSI_0013
Characteristics
Processing level : L3+L4
Satellite input : SMMR, SSM/I and SSMIS from CM SAF (FCDR R4)
Other input : NWP outputs (Copernicus C3S ERA5)
Frequency : 24 h (before July 1987: 48 hours)
Central time : 12:00
Spatial coverage : Global
Spatial sampling : 25 km
Projection : EASE2
File Formats : HL FTP Server (NetCDF4), EDC (NetCDF4)
Characteristics & methods : Daily averaged fractional ice cover in percentage.
Includes per-grid cell uncertainties.
Monthly averaged fractional ice cover are also distributed, as well as monthly sea-ice extent/area indicator.
Data Access
Main Diffusion Means :
Archive HL FTP server : ftp://osisaf.met.no/reprocessed/ice/conc/v3p0
EDC
Other means :

Thredds

Accuracy Requirements
Target accuracy : 8 %
Verification/validation method : Primary Method: Direct comparison against high-quality 0% and 100% SIC reference data (stemming from the ESA CCI projects, Pedersen et al. 2019). See additional methods in the comments at the bottom of this page.
Applications and users
Usage : Climate models, NWP and Ocean/Ice reanalyses, environmental agencies.
History
First date :
Last date :
Comments

  • Supersedes OSI-450.

    Verification/validation methods:

    • Primary Method: Direct comparison against high-quality 0% and 100% SIC reference data (stemming from the ESA CCI projects, Pedersen et al. 2019).
    • Additional: Comparison of SIC to US National Ice Center charts, to document the temporal consistency since 1979 (but limited by the low consistency of ice charts).
    • Additional: Comparison of Monthly Sea Ice Extent and Area time series with those of the US NSIDC Sea Ice Index (absolute level, departure from climatology, trend).
    • Additional : An evaluation of the uncertainties will be performed (at 0 % and 100 %, similar to in Lavergne et al., 2019). The traceability to SI units will be investigated.

     
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