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    • Arctic Sea Ice Freeboard and Thickness, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: August 30, 2025

    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: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025

    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 August 30, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/SXJVJ3A2XIZT
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-27
    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 58be8afe-af94-42fb-8d9e-d9eb0dbf095a
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/NSIDC0393_GLAS_SI_Freeboard_v01
    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 6507c40bcdf769ad7191356a48daa7430db22e6245dfb40dae16dbda5fad9c63
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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