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Description

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.

Product Summary

Platforms
Suomi-NPP
Instruments
VIIRS
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
375 Meters x 375 Meters
Geographic Region
GLOBAL OCEAN ,
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2012-01-19 to Present
Concept ID
C3173447237-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
990559
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Sea Ice

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

Riggs, G., Tschudi, M., & Hall, D. (2023). VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Cover Daily L3 Global 375m EASE-Grid 2.0 Day, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/F6WVWUR3AH3W Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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