Arctic Sea Ice Concentration

Daily Arctic sea ice concentration (SIC) products were generated using a new methodological approach based on the Maximum-likelihood estimation.

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3 days average. Daily frequency

Daily Arctic sea ice concentration (SIC) products at NL EASE grid (25km x 25km) were obtained from SMOS Level 1B products provided by ESA (v6.20) using a new methodological approach based on the Maximum-likelihood estimation.

Related documents

  • Paper: ‘New methodology to estimate Arctic sea ice concentration from SMOS combining brightness temperature differences in a maximum-likelihood estimator’, Gabarro, C., Turiel, A.,Elosegui, P., Pla-Resina, J. A., Portabella, M., The Cryosphere, 11: 4, 1987-2002, 2017, DOI: 10.5194/tc-11-1987-2017.
  • Data description and Quality report: BEC-SMOS-0001-PD-Ice.pdf