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    • Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors, Version 4

    Metadata Updated: September 18, 2025

    This data set contains daily and weekly sea ice motion vectors, as well as browse images representing the weekly data. Input data sources, derived from AVHRR, AMSRE, SMMR, SSMI, and SSMI/S sensors; IABP buoys; and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis forecasts, used to generate the daily and weekly sea ice motion estimates are also included. For more recent data, see the Quicklook Arctic Weekly EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors data set (https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0748).

    Access & Use Information

    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 June 18, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 18, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date June 18, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 18, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/INAWUWO7QH7B
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0116_icemotion_vectors_v4/
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":29.7},{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":-37.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90.0}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3836b74e0064426579fa6206a2b568ca7acfa8b090c772453e8bb30a96a4fa97
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1978-10-25/1978-10-25

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