Sea ice duration or the time elapse between day of advance and day of retreat within a given sea ice year for the PAL LTER region West of the Antarctic Peninsula derived from passive microwave satellite, 1979 - 2021. ...

Sea ice duration is defined as the time elapse between day of advance and day of retreat within a given sea ice year, which begins mid-February (mean minimum of summer sea ice extent for the Southern Ocean) and ends the following mid-February. See Stammerjohn et al (2008, JGR) for further details. D...

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Main Authors: LTER, Palmer Station Antarctica, Stammerjohn, Sharon
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2022
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/0d7bc478d0b40cddf6aefaaab21a545c
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Summary:Sea ice duration is defined as the time elapse between day of advance and day of retreat within a given sea ice year, which begins mid-February (mean minimum of summer sea ice extent for the Southern Ocean) and ends the following mid-February. See Stammerjohn et al (2008, JGR) for further details. Different satellite algorithms exist. ...