VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Cover Daily L3 Global 375m EASE-Grid 2.0 Day V002

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This data set reports sea ice cover/extent derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Following the approach used by MODIS, the algorithm converts VIIRS calibrated radiances into brightness temperature and computes sea ice cover using Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI). VIIRS flies on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	C2330746902-NSIDC_ECS
issued	2012-01-19
landingPage	https://doi.org/10.5067/F6WVWUR3AH3W
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" ]