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

Published by NASA NSIDC DAAC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: September 08, 2025 at 03:10 AM | Dataset Last Updated: March 31, 2025
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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