Dataset Information

Title: Monthly version of HadISST sea ice component
description: HadISST sea ice concentration.
institution: Met Office Hadley Centre
source: HadISST
reference: Rayner, N. A., Parker, D. E., Horton, E. B., Folland, C. K., Alexander, L. V., Rowell, D. P., Kent, E. C., Kaplan, A. Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century J. Geophys. Res.Vol. 108, No. D14, 4407 10.1029/2002JD002670
Conventions: CF-1.0
history: 3/9/2026 converted to netcdf from pp format
supplementary_information: Updates and supplementary information will be available from http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst
comment: Data restrictions: for academic research use only. Data are Crown copyright see (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/crown-copyright/copyright-guidance/index.htm)
Unlimited_Dimension: time


Variables in this Dataset

time: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..1878]
units: days since 1870-1-1 0:0:0
calendar: gregorian
long_name: Time
standard_name: time
time_bnds: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..1878][nv = 0..1]
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179]
units: degrees_north
long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..359]
units: degrees_east
long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude
sic: Grid
_FillValue: -1.00000002e+30
standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
long_name: Monthly 1 degree resolution sea ice concentration
units: 1
cell_methods: time: lat: lon: median
missing_value: -1.00000002e+30
sic: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..1878][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359]
_FillValue: -1.00000002e+30
standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
long_name: Monthly 1 degree resolution sea ice concentration
units: 1
cell_methods: time: lat: lon: median
missing_value: -1.00000002e+30
time: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..1878]
units: days since 1870-1-1 0:0:0
calendar: gregorian
long_name: Time
standard_name: time
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179]
units: degrees_north
long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..359]
units: degrees_east
long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude