VIIRS/JPSS1 Sea Ice Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m V002

This data set reports the location of sea ice cover derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Joint Polar Satellite System's first satellite (JPSS-1). Following the approach used by MODIS, sea ice is detected using the Normalized Difference Snow Index.

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Maintainer NSIDC Services
Last Updated March 27, 2025, 14:08 (UTC)
Created February 19, 2025, 06:39 (UTC)
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citation VIIRS/JPSS1 Sea Ice Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m V002. Version 2. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/LZB54MLNK98U.
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