MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day, Version 4

Data Contributors HALL, DOROTHY K. SALOMONSON, VINCE V. RIGGS, GEORGE A. Parameters ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE Instruments MODIS : MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER SPECTRORADIOMETERS

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MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day (MYD29P1D) contains the following fields: sea ice by reflectance, sea ice by reflectance spatial quality assurance (QA), ice surface temperature (IST), IST spatial QA, sea ice by IST, and combined sea ice in HDF-EOS format along with corresponding metadata. Data are available from 04 July 2002 to present. Version 4 (V004) is the latest version of MYD29P1D data available. The sea ice algorithm uses a Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) modified for sea ice to distinguish sea ice from open ocean based on reflective and thermal characteristics. Data are available by FTP, CD-ROM, DVD, or DLT.

Please note that NSIDC now has a complete series of Version 5 data, which is the highest version number now available and represents the best quality of data.

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Hall, Dorothy K., George A. Riggs, and Vincent V. Salomonson. 2001, updated daily. MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day V004, December 2003 to March 2004. Boulder, CO, USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

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• Sea Ice Products at NSIDC
• MODIS Data at NSIDC
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