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Sea Ice Motion Data Access and Tools
Sea Ice Motion Datasets
| Dataset | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Horizontal Volume Fluxes - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Horizontal Volume Fluxes - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice Velocity - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice Velocity - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice Velocity - Monthly Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice Velocity - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice Velocity - Snapshot llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| SASSIE ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration, Thickness, and Velocity - Daily Mean llc1080 Grid (Version 1 Release 1) | V1R1 | MITgcm | 2014-01-15 to 2021-02-08 | netCDF-4 | |||
| SASSIE ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration, Thickness, and Velocity - Snapshot llc1080 Grid (Version 1 Release 1) | V1R1 | MITgcm | 2014-01-15 to 2021-02-08 | netCDF-4 | |||
| Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors, Version 4 | 4 | Aqua, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-9, Nimbus-7 | AMSR-E, SSM/I, SSMIS, AVHRR, SMMR | 1978-11-01 to 2025-12-31 |
N: -37 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 N: 90 S: 29.7 E: 180 W: -180 |
NetCDF, PNG | |
| Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors, Version 3 | 3 | Aqua, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-9, Nimbus-7 | AMSR-E, SSM/I, SSMIS, AVHRR, SMMR | 1978-10-25 to 2017-02-28 |
N: 90 S: 48.4 E: 180 W: -180 N: -53.2028 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | PNG, Binary, ASCII, PSD |
| Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors, Version 2 | 2 | Aqua, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-9, Nimbus-7 | AMSR-E, SSM/I, SSMIS, AVHRR, SMMR | 1978-10-25 to 2012-12-31 |
N: -53.2028 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 N: 90 S: 48.4 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | PNG, Binary, ASCII, PSD |
| Simulated 12-Month Ice Parcel Tracks from Gridded Sea Ice Motion, Version 1 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 1979-10-01 to 2026-10-01 |
N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | CSV |
| Sentinel-1A Single Look Complex Product | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Single Polarization Medium Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Single Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Single Polarization Medium Resolution Ground Range Detected Product | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Single Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Level 0 Product | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Single Look Complex Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Level 0 Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Medium Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Full Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Medium Resolution Ground Range Detected Product | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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