GCOS SST&SI Working Group

 

 


Data Documentation

Remapped Great Lakes Ice concentrations

 

Data set contributed by Chelle Gentemann of Remote Sensing Systems based on the NOAA.Electronic Atlas of Great lakes Ice Cover data set. The total concentration attribute has been remapped to the common 10 km polar stereographic grid that is also used for the OSISAF NH products, see p. 19 of current product user manual. The projection and spatial coverage is identical to the polar stereographic projection used for various sea ice products at NSIDC, however the resolution is increased to 10 km. The files contain percentage ice concentration in flat binary format, one byte per pixel and dimensions 860x1120.