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Dataset Title:  Sea Ice Concentrations from SSMIS F18 MEaSUREs Subscribe RSS
Institution:  Centre for Earth Observation Science, Univeristy of Manitoba, MB, Canada   (Dataset ID: Sea_ice_concentration_clement_test_67dc_fed3_29ad)
Information:  Summary ? | License ? | Metadata | Background (external link) | Files | Make a graph
 
Dimensions ? Start ? Stride ? Stop ?  Size ?    Spacing ?
 xc ?      1680    6250.0 (even)
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 yc ?      1680    -6250.0 (even)
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 time (UTC) ?      30    1 day (even)
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Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables) 
 sea_ice_concentration_bt (percent) ?
 sea_ice_concentration_nt (percent) ?
 sea_ice_concentration_cdr (percent) ?

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  xc {
    Float64 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 actual_range -5246875.0, 5246875.0;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "XC";
  }
  yc {
    Float64 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 actual_range -5246875.0, 5246875.0;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "YC";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.748736e+9, 1.7512416e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "proleptic_gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  sea_ice_concentration_bt {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment "Daily mean sea ice concentration computed from Bootstrap algorithm and brightness temperature.";
    String coordinate "lon, lat";
    String ioos_category "Ice Distribution";
    String long_name "Sea Ice Concentration";
    String rid_mapping "crs";
    String standard_name "sea_ice_concentration";
    String units "percent";
  }
  sea_ice_concentration_nt {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment "Daily mean sea ice concentration computed from NASATEAM algorithm and brightness temperature.";
    String coordinate "lon, lat";
    String ioos_category "Ice Distribution";
    String long_name "Sea Ice Concentration";
    String rid_mapping "crs";
    String standard_name "sea_ice_concentration";
    String units "percent";
  }
  sea_ice_concentration_cdr {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment "Daily mean sea ice concentration computed from NSIDC SIC CDR algorithm and SSMIS brightness temperature.";
    String coordinate "lon, lat";
    String ioos_category "Ice Distribution";
    String long_name "Sea Ice Concentration";
    String rid_mapping "crs";
    String standard_name "sea_ice_concentration";
    String units "percent";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String contact_email "clement.soriot@umanitoba.ca";
    String Conventions "CF-1.10, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "Clément Soriot";
    String file_name "Measures_NH_SIC_2025-06_V2.0.nc";
    String history 
"DMSP-F18 SSMIS
2026-08-22T01:21:39Z (local files)
2026-08-22T01:21:39Z https://canwinerddap.ad.umanitoba.ca/erddap/erddap/griddap/Sea_ice_concentration_clement_test_67dc_fed3_29ad.das";
    String information "SIC processed using the algorithm host on the NSIDC github.";
    String infoUrl "???";
    String institution "Centre for Earth Observation Science, Univeristy of Manitoba, MB, Canada";
    String key_variables "sea_ice_concentration";
    String keywords "canada, center, centre, concentration, concentrations, data, defense, distribution, dmsp, earth, environments, f18, ice, ice distribution, making, manitoba, measures, meteorological, national, nsidc, observation, ocean, program, records, research, satellite, science, sea, sea ice, sea_ice_concentration, sea_ice_concentration_bt, sea_ice_concentration_cdr, sea_ice_concentration_nt, snow, ssmis, system, time, univeristy, use";
    String license 
"The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String platform "DMSP F18";
    String product_version "2.0";
    String production_date "dt.date.today().isoformat()";
    String reference_ellipsoid "WGS84";
    String sensor "SSMIS";
    String source "DMSP-F18 SSMIS";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String spatial_resolution "6.25 km";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "This dataset contains daily NH sea ice concentration data from Bootstrap, NASATEAM, and National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) CDR algorithms from NSIDC Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) data of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)-F18 SSMIS instrument.";
    String time_coverage_end "2025-06-30T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2025-06-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Sea Ice Concentrations from SSMIS F18 MEaSUREs";
  }
}

 

Using griddap to Request Data and Graphs from Gridded Datasets

griddap lets you request a data subset, graph, or map from a gridded dataset (for example, sea surface temperature data from a satellite), via a specially formed URL. griddap uses the OPeNDAP (external link) Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link) and its projection constraints (external link).

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

griddap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41.htmlTable?analysed_sst[(2002-06-01T09:00:00Z)][(-89.99):1000:(89.99)][(-179.99):1000:(180.0)]
Thus, the query is often a data variable name (e.g., analysed_sst), followed by [(start):stride:(stop)] (or a shorter variation of that) for each of the variable's dimensions (for example, [time][latitude][longitude]).

For details, see the griddap Documentation.


 
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