European circumpolar sea ice production fluxes
This dataset on sea ice production (SIP) in Antarctic coastal polynyas offers crucial insights into these regions' roles in sea ice and dense water formation. Using Earth Observation data and atmospheric reanalysis, the dataset employs a heat budget method to estimate SIP. It incorporates sea ice concentration (SIC) from passive microwave sensors and near-surface wind speed and surface air temperature from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis. Comparative analysis with previous studies confirms the dataset's accuracy in depicting spatial patterns and the magnitude of ice production, though some variations exist across larger polynyas. While simplifications may increase uncertainties in absolute SIP values, this dataset is a valuable resource for understanding the dynamics and variability of Antarctic polynya SIP from 1992 to 2023.
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- Completed
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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Southern Ocean
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World
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Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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Antarctica
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Antarctic freshwater bodies
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
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SEA ICE
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- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
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CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Boundaries
- Begin date
- 1992-01-31
- End date
- 2023-12-31
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- Reference system identifier
- WGS 1984
- OnLine resource
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Data Subset Form
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--opendap
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ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types.
- OnLine resource
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OCEAN ICE Zenodo Community
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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Related publication under the OCEAN ICE Zenodo Community
- OnLine resource
- OCEAN ICE GitHub ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- File identifier
- 30a733a5-e575-4829-b682-f61d6a0bdfd6 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Date stamp
- 2026-08-06T14:11:41
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
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