Arctic Sea Ice Pressure Ridge Sail Heights from NASA Airborne Campaigns, 2010-2018

Arctic data from 2010 to 2018 provides measurements of pressure ridge sail heights derived from NASA Operation IceBridge airborne imagery. The dataset contains arithmetic averages computed for 25 km along-track segments from flights conducted in late winter months. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this dataset in April 2018.

Use Cases

• Modeling sea ice thickness and volume based on pressure ridge sail height statistics.
• Analyzing seasonal and interannual variability in Arctic sea ice features based on late winter campaign data.
• Validating satellite-derived sea ice products based on high-resolution airborne imagery.
• Studying the impact of pressure ridges on ice strength and navigation hazards based on ridge height data.

Strengths

• Data spans 9 years (2010-2018), providing a multi-year time series.
• Derived from high-resolution Digital Mapping System imagery from NASA airborne campaigns.
• Statistics are averaged over standardized 25 km along-track segments.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2018-04-16 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information)

Collection Method

Derived from high-resolution Digital Mapping System imagery acquired during NASA Operation IceBridge airborne campaigns.

Time Range

2010-2018

Freshness

Last updated 2018-04-16 00:00:00.

Geography

Arctic