Spatial correlation length scales of sea-ice concentration errors of high-concentration pack ice for Eumetsat OSI SAF product OSI-450

Abstract: Spatial correlation length scales derived from Eumetsat OSI SAF OSI-450 sea-ice concentration data products at 25.0km grid resolution based on SSM/I and SSMIS brightness temperature measurements for the period January 2002 through December 2011. TableOfContents: sea_ice_area_fraction_error...

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Main Author: Kern, Stefan
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.10415
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Summary:Abstract: Spatial correlation length scales derived from Eumetsat OSI SAF OSI-450 sea-ice concentration data products at 25.0km grid resolution based on SSM/I and SSMIS brightness temperature measurements for the period January 2002 through December 2011. TableOfContents: sea_ice_area_fraction_error_correlation_length; total_standard_error_correlation_length; minimum_rmsd_for_sea_ice_area_fraction_correlation_length; minimum_rmsd_for_total_standard_error_correlation_length; surface_type_flag Technical Info: dimensions: 432 columns x 432 rows x unlimited; temporalExtent_startDate: 2002-01-01; temporalExtent_endDate: 2011-12-31; temporalResolution: daily; spatialResolution: 25.0; spatialResolutionUnit: km; horizontalResolutionXdirection: 25.0; horizontalResolutionXdirectionUnit: km; horizontalResolutionYdirection: 25.0; horizontalResolutionYdirectionUnit: km; verticalResolution: none; verticalResolutionUnit: none; verticalStart: none; verticalEnd: none; instrumentName: Special Sensor Microwave / Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave Imager / Sounder (SSMIS); instrumentType: multi-channel microwave radiometer; instrumentLocation: NOAA/NASA DMSP; instrumentProvider: NOAA/NASA; License: CC-BY-SA-NC-4.0 Methods: See Kern, S., Spatial correlation length scales of sea-ice concentration errors of high-concentration pack ice, Remote Sensing, 13(21), 4421, 2021, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13214421 Units: units for all variables (see TableOfContents): km,km,1,1,1 geoLocations: NorthernHemisphere: westBoundLongitude: -180.0 degrees East; eastBoundLongitude: 180.0 degrees East; southBoundLongitude: 16.62393 degrees North; northBoundLongitude: 90.0 degrees North; geoLocationPlace: northernHemisphere SouthernHemisphere: westBoundLongitude: -180.0 degrees East; eastBoundLongitude: 180.0 degrees East; southBoundLongitude: -90.0 degrees North; northBoundLongitude: -16.62393 degrees North; geoLocationPlace: southernHemisphere Size: 730 (leap year 732) files per year, one for each hemisphere, ~4.67 MegaBype per file, ~3.3295 ...