Get Sea Ice Index Documentation - National Snow And Ice Data Center - Nsidc

Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 15.01 million square kilometers (5.80 million square miles) on March 14, ing to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Visit http://nsidc.org to browse our holdings, get information, and download or order data sets. NSIDC is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

NSIDC is part of the University of Colorado Boulder Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), and is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information through a cooperative agreement.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), part of the CU Boulder Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), conducts innovative research and provides open data to understand how the frozen parts of Earth affect the rest of the planet and ...

The NSIDC DAAC is one of 12 Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System Project (ESDIS). The primary goal of ESDIS is to maximize the scientific return from NASA's missions and experiments for research and applied scientists, decision makers, and society at large.

NSIDC is also a CoreTrustSeal-certified Regular Member of the World Data System (WDS), signifying that NSIDC provides reliable, high-quality data services.

The Sea Ice Index provides a quick look at sea ice changes in spatial and historical context and gives a consistent, up-to-date source of sea ice extent and sea ice concentration values and images.

Funding for NSIDC scientific research comes from various sources, including NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), NOAA, and the Department of Energy (DOE).