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    • MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day V061

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2025

    This global Level-3 (L3) data set provides daily daytime sea ice extent and ice surface temperature derived from the 'MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km' (http://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD29.061) product. Each data granule is a tile consisting of 10° x 10° of data gridded to the Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid).

    The terms "Version 61" and "Collection 6.1" are used interchangeably in reference to this release of MODIS data.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1646610110-NSIDC_ECS
    Data First Published 2002-07-04
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-31
    Category geospatial
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Arctic","Arctic Ocean, Sea Ice and Coasts","Melting Glaciers, Snow and Ice","Permafrost and Arctic Landscapes","Arctic-Global Teleconnections"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context http://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version http://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby http://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 39a67da9-d759-4fc1-9017-24254d7ee2b8
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL http://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD29P1D.061
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c9fdddd2c7b8c37bebf3eb461a268c0b1bd3c6880dc79cb70fa60f67fb30a1f1
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2002-07-04T00:00:00Z/2025-03-24T00:00:00Z

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