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Description

This data set (NmIcEdg2) estimates the location of the North and South Pole sea ice edges at various times during the mid to late 1960s, based on recovered Nimbus 1 (1964), Nimbus 2 (1966), and Nimbus 3 (1969) visible imagery.

Product Summary

Platforms
Nimbus-1 ,
Nimbus-2 ,
Nimbus-3
Instruments
AVCS Nimbus-1 ,
CAMERAS ,
AVCS Nimbus-2 ,
IDCS Nimbus-3
Spatial Extent

N: -50 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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N: 90 S: 50 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers
Location
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1966-05-15 to 1966-09-02
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3299833311-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
90
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Ice Edges

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Gallaher, D., & Campbell, G. G. (2014). Nimbus Ice Edge Points from Nimbus Visible Imagery L2, CSV, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/NIMBUS/NMICEDG2 Date Accessed: 2026-08-07

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Recent advances in satellite data rescue Poli, Paul, Dee, Dick P., Saunders, Roger, John, Viju O., Rayer, Peter, Schulz, Jorg, Holmlund, Kenneth, Coppens, Dorothee, Klaes, Dieter, Johnson, James E., Esfandiari, Asghar E., Gerasimov, Irina V., Zamkoff, Emily B., Al-Jazrawi, Atheer F., Santek, David, Albani, Mirko, Brunel, Pascal, Fennig, Karsten, Schroder, Marc, Kobayashi, Shinya, Oertel, Dieter, Dohler, Wolfgang, Spankuch, Dietrich, Bojinski, Stephan Ice Edges
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