VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m V002

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

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	C2330741502-NSIDC_ECS
issued	2012-01-19
landingPage	https://doi.org/10.5067/GKJ486GAV3HH
language	[ "en-US" ]
programCode	[ "026:001" ]
spatial	-180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
temporal	2012-01-19T00:00:00Z/2025-03-24T00:00:00Z
theme	[ "geospatial" ]