GlobICE Product Documentation
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.
| Document Name | Version | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| GlobIce Product User Guide | 1.6 | 30 Jan 2012 | Product User Guide |
| Final Validation Report | 1.0 | 15 Aug 2011 | Final Validation report from Phase-3 |
| Product Type | Gridded | Grid Resolution | Temporal Resolution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EULIMGPAIR Ice Motion, Eulerian Displacements | No | (5km initial) | Variable,1 product per image pair. | Image pairs may span 2-9 days. Each successfully correlated displacement is stored as a separate record. |
| EULAVRVEL3 Ice Motion, Eulerian Velocity | Yes | 5km | 3-day | Average velocity within each grid cell over 3 days |
| EULAVRVELM Ice Motion, Eulerian Velocity | Yes | 50km | Monthly | Average velocity within each grid cell over 1 month |
| LAGRANGIAN Ice Motion, Lagrangian | No | (5km initial) | Monthly | Tracks from each initial grid point |
| DTO3DAY5KM Combined Ice Deformation, Open water fraction |
Yes | 5km | 3-days | Deformation Grids include area change rate, shear rate, vorticity rate divergence rate. |
| DTOMON20KM Combined Ice Deformation, Open water fraction |
Yes | 20km | Month | Monthly Average |
| DTOMON100K Combined Ice Deformation, Open water fraction |
Yes | 100km | Month | Monthly Average |
| OWFMON20KM Open Water Fraction |
Yes | 20km | Month | Monthly Average |
| MASSFLXMON Mass Flux |
No | - | Month | Mass flux for each defined gateway |