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Description

This data set reports the location of sea ice cover derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Joint Polar Satellite System's second satellite (JPSS-2). Following the approach used by MODIS, sea ice is detected using the Normalized Difference Snow Index.

Version Description

New data release begins with Version 2

Product Summary

Platforms
JPSS-2 ,
NOAA-21
Instruments
VIIRS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
375 Meters x 375 Meters
Location
GLOBAL OCEAN ,
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2023-02-10 to Present
Temporal Resolution
6 Minute
Concept ID
C3824915327-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
123728
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Sea Ice

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Riggs, G. A., & Hall, D. (2026). VIIRS/JPSS2 Sea Ice Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375 m, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6GM1HN7KJSFX Date Accessed: 2026-08-07

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