Global Sea Ice Concentration (AMSR-2)
IDENTIFICATION |
Description | The High Latitude Level 3 Global AMSR Sea Ice Concentration consists of these major fields:
- Sea ice concentration. Indicates the fraction of a given ocean grid point covered by ice.
- Uncertainties. The algorithm uncertainty, the smearing uncertainty and the resulting total uncertainty of each sea ice concentration grid cell.
- Confidence level. Based on the daily standard deviation within each grid cell, provided as a guide.
This product is complementary to the SSMIS global sea ice concentration product (OSI-401-b) |
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Product type | Near real time product |  |
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Status | Operational |
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Identifier | OSI-408 |
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Acronym | GBL AMSR SICO |
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Acronym for EDC (APNM) | OSICOAMSRGB |
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Product navigator reference | EO:EUM:DAT:GCOM:OSI-408 |
CHARACTERISTICS |
Processing level | L3 |
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Satellite input | GCOM-W/AMSR-2 |
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Other input | ECMWF outputs |
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Frequency | 1 per day |
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Central time | 12:00 |
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Timeliness | 5 h |
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Spatial coverage | Global |
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Spatial sampling | 10 km |
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Projection | polar stereographic |
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Characteristics & methods | Daily averaged fractional ice cover in percentage |
ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS |
Thresold accuracy | 20 % |
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Target accuracy | 10% for NH-product. 15% for SH-product |
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Optimal accuracy | 10% |
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Verification/validation method | Comparison with high resolution manual ice charts |
HISTORY, COMMENTS |
Trial dissemination from 23/02/2017
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Authorised to be operational/released | 06/10/2016 |
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Declared operational/released | 16/03/2017 |
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On EUMETCast since | 16/03/2017 |
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In EDC since | 23/02/2017 |
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First product date | 19/09/2016 |