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Monthly average polar sea-ice concentration /

Data depicts monthly averages of sea-ice concentration in modern polar oceans. Averages were derived from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer and Special Sensor Microwave/Imager instruments aboard satellites of U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program from 1978 through 1992...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schweitzer, Peter N.
Corporate Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Format: Government Document Map Book
Language:English
Published: [Reston, Va.] : [Denver, CO] : U.S. Geological Survey ; [USGS Information Services], 1995.
Series:U.S. Geological Survey digital data series ; DDS-27.
Subjects:
Microwave remote sensing > Maps.
Sea ice > Polar regions > Maps.
Remote-sensing maps.
Georeference data
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS21031
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Summary:Data depicts monthly averages of sea-ice concentration in modern polar oceans. Averages were derived from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer and Special Sensor Microwave/Imager instruments aboard satellites of U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program from 1978 through 1992. Data are provided as 8-bit images using the Hierarchical Data Format developed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Item Description:Title from container insert.
Physical Description:1 CD-ROM : color ; 4 3/4 in.
Also available via Internet from the USGS web site. Address as of 8/2/02: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds27; current access is available via PURL.
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