Monthly Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration Grids

Monthly time series of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice concentrations have been derived from a variety of sources. The polar-stereographic grids have a 60 nautical mile resolution.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1901
    End:  1995

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1901
Temporal Range End 1995
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 31.061 MB
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Author Walsh, John E.
Chapman, William L.
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1980-03-27
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier d233000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:21:26Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d233000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Walsh, John E., Chapman, William L.. (1980). Monthly Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration Grids. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d233000. Accessed 11 October 2025.

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