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This sea ice concentration data set was derived using measurements from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on the Nimbus-7 satellite and from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) sensors on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's (DMSP) -F8, -F11, and -F13 satellites. Measurements from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) aboard DMSP-F17 are also included. The data set has been generated using the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) Bootstrap Algorithm with daily varying tie-points. Daily (every other day prior to July 1987) and monthly data are available for both the north and south polar regions. Data are gridded on the SSM/I polar stereographic grid (25 x 25 km) and provided in two-byte integer format. Data coverage began on 01 November 1978 and is ongoing through the most current processing, with updated data processed several times annually.
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The NSIDC DAAC repackaged the data fields provided by GSFC in CF-compliant NetCDF files.
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Comiso, J. (2023). Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 4 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/X5LG68MH013O Date Accessed: 2026-08-24
@misc{comiso_2023,
title={Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 4},
url={http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0079/versions/4},
DOI={10.5067/X5LG68MH013O},
publisher={NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Comiso, Josefino},
year={2023},
}
Comiso, J. (2023). Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 4 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/X5LG68MH013O Date Accessed: 2026-08-24
Comiso, Josefino. “Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS, Version 4.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2023, https://doi.org/10.5067/X5LG68MH013O. Date Accessed: 2026-08-24
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