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Environment & Energy

OnlinePoker

(5,722 posts) Thu Apr 14, 2016, 08:15 AM Apr 2016

Now Cryosphere Today info seems to be corrupt

First NSIDC sea ice extent spike due to a sensor failure and now CT seems to be having similar issues.

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/arctic.sea.ice.interactive.html

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Now Cryosphere Today info seems to be corrupt (Original Post) OnlinePoker Apr 2016 OP

It happened at the same time (Monday morning) - it'll be the same sensors (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #1

Satellite sensor malf GliderGuider Apr 2016 #2

muriel_volestrangler

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1. It happened at the same time (Monday morning) - it'll be the same sensors (nt)

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Thu Apr 14, 2016, 08:29 AM

Apr 2016

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)

2. Satellite sensor malf

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Thu Apr 14, 2016, 10:26 AM

Apr 2016

http://greatwhitecon.info/2016/04/satellite-problems-with-arctic-sea-ice-measurement/

The data provided by the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) instrument carried aboard several of the DMSP series of satellites is used by the National Snow and Ice Data Center to calculate their Sea Ice Index metric of Arctic sea ice extent. However suddenly Boulder has a problem. As we reported earlier this week the SSMIS sensor carried by DMSP F17 appears to be malfunctioning.

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