Parameter-Documentation

Generic Description: Ice Flag
Parameter: iceflag Recordmap: icefg
Unit: - Size: +1 Scaling: -
Version 00
Topex (Extended Mission)
GDR-F
1Hz
Ice Flag
The ice flag predicts ice based upon the wind speed (wind_speed_alt_mle3) and monthly climatological latitude extent of ice.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: ice_flag
Topex
GDR-F
1Hz
Ice Flag
The ice flag predicts ice based upon the wind speed (wind_speed_alt_mle3) and monthly climatological latitude extent of ice.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: ice_flag
Version 01
Jason-3 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-F
1Hz
Ice Flag
See Jason-3 User Handbook
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/ice_flag
Jason-3
SGDR-F
1Hz
Ice Flag
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/ice_flag
Version 10
All Missions Ice Flag
Ice Flag from Unsupervised Ice Classification
Flags:
0: Water
1: Ice
255: NaN

Reference: Müller F.L., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Monitoring the Arctic Seas: How Satellite Altimetry Can Be Used to Detect Open Water in Sea-Ice Regions. Remote Sensing, 9(6), 551, 10.3390/rs9060551, 2017
Version 13
All Missions Ice Flag
Ice Flag from Unsupervised Ice Classification
Flags:
0 : Water
1: Lead
2: Ice
255: NaN

Reference: Müller F.L., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Monitoring the Arctic Seas: How Satellite Altimetry Can Be Used to Detect Open Water in Sea-Ice Regions. Remote Sensing, 9(6), 551, 10.3390/rs9060551, 2017
Version 14
All Missions Ice Flag
Ice Flag from Unsupervised Ice Classification
Flags:
0: Water
1: Lead
2: Sea-ice/Undefined
3: Landfast ice/Uncertain ocean (external threshold >75%)

Reference: Müller F.L., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Monitoring the Arctic Seas: How Satellite Altimetry Can Be Used to Detect Open Water in Sea-Ice Regions. Remote Sensing, 9(6), 551, 10.3390/rs9060551, 2017

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