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    • VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375 m V001

    Metadata Updated: June 25, 2024

    This data set reports the location of sea ice cover derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Following the approach used by MODIS, Sea Ice is detected using the Normalized Difference Snow Index. The VIIRS instrument flies onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite.

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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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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 25, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 25, 2024
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1427776916-NSIDC_ECS
    Data First Published 2012-01-19
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-06-17
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375 m V001. Version 1. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP29.001.
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP29.001
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash af3f66e8f40bc7f54e6d9d8d775f61eabe2e5c57857ee57383ba3785d3a8ecad
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z/2024-06-24T00:00:00Z

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