GlobICE products are provided in netCDF format. netCDF is a self-describing, machine-independent data format that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.
Please read the GlobIce Product User Guide for a full format description of each product.
Documentation
| Document Name | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|
| GlobICE Product User Guide | 1.6 | 30-Jan-12 |
| Final Validation Report | 1 | 15-Aug-11 |
Product List
| Product | Grid Resolution | Temporal Resolution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| EULIMGPAIR | |||
| Ice Motion, Eulerian Displacements | Not gridded (5km initial grid) | 2-9 days, 1 product per image pair. | Each successfully correlated displacement is stored as a separate record |
| EULAVRVEL3 | |||
| Ice Motion, Eulerian Velocity | 5km | 3-day | Average velocity within each grid cell over 3 days |
| EULAVRVELM | |||
| Ice Motion, Eulerian Velocity | 50km | Monthly | Average velocity within each grid cell over 1 month |
| LAGRANGIAN | |||
| Ice Motion, Lagrangian | Not gridded (5km initial grid) | Monthly | Tracks from each initial grid point |
| DTO3DAY5KM | |||
| Combined Ice Deformation, Open water fraction | 5km | 3-day | Includes area change rate, shear rate, vorticity rate, divergence rate |
| DTOMON20KM | |||
| Combined Ice Deformation, Open water fraction | 20km | Monthly | Monthly Average |
| DTOMON100K | |||
| Combined Ice Deformation, Open water fraction | 100km | Monthly | Monthly Average |
| OWFMON20KM | |||
| Open Water Fraction | 20km | Monthly | Monthly Average |
| MASSFLXMON | |||
| Mass Flux | Not gridded | Monthly | Mass flux for each defined gateway |