Average yearly sea ice coverage for the PAL LTER region West of the Antarctic Peninsula derived from passive microwave satellite, 1978 - 2016.

Annual sea ice coverage derived from monthly sea ice coverages originally derived from passive microwave satellite measurements. Ice extent is defined as the area bounded by the 15% ice concentration contour which is determined by summing up all the pixel areas (nominally 25km by 25km) which have co...

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Main Authors: LTER, Palmer Station Antarctica, Stammerjohn, Sharon
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2020
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/26799a194f943c4c0ba9804264c4886b
https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-pal.49.5
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Summary:Annual sea ice coverage derived from monthly sea ice coverages originally derived from passive microwave satellite measurements. Ice extent is defined as the area bounded by the 15% ice concentration contour which is determined by summing up all the pixel areas (nominally 25km by 25km) which have concentrations greater than 15%. This area inside the ice-edge is not necessarily covered by 100%.