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NSIDC Sea Ice Index v4
Daily and monthly Arctic/Antarctic sea ice extent and concentration from passive microwave satellite data (SSM/I, SSMIS) since November 1978 with images, GeoTIFF, and time series data
nsidc.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Arctic and Antarctic, 25km, 1978-present
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
What's inside
- Sea Ice Extent
- Sea Ice Concentration
- Ice Anomaly Maps
- Trend Analysis
- Time Series
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Melt runoff
Forecast snowmelt contributions to rivers.
Because it has: Sea Ice Extent
- 02
Glacier change
Track glacier retreat over decades.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Cloud-free snow maps
Fill snow cover hidden by cloud with ML.
- 02
Melt-season flows
Predict melt-season river flow from snow and weather.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
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