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    • Arctic Sea Ice Freeboard and Thickness, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: March 13, 2026

    This data set provides measurements of sea ice freeboard and sea ice thickness for the Arctic region. The data were derived from measurements made by from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument, the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), and climatologies of snow and drift of ice.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2026
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/SXJVJ3A2XIZT
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-09
    Category Earth Science
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Arctic","Arctic Ocean, Sea Ice and Coasts","Melting Glaciers, Snow and Ice","Energy Infrastructure"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 01f0290e-72b7-497d-9c74-d819b5d7777a
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":86.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":65.0}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1ff90ddd1a0ecbd8285e2871ce18063962b965ef5464829d65e03c2b12451e63
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2007-10-02/2007-11-05

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