Extents of Antarctic sea ice - GIS data - 1973-1999
This dataset represents extents of Antarctic sea ice derived from passive microwave data. It includes: maximum and minimum sea ice extent based on 1989 - 99 data; maximum sea ice extent by month for the period October - March based on 1973 - 98 data; mean sea ice extent by month based on 1973 - 1998 data; and maximum sea ice extent averaged over the period 1987 - 1998.
The data referenced by this metadata record has been sourced from another metadata record in this catalogue. For more information on the dataset see:
Antarctic CRC and Australian Antarctic Division Climate Data Set - Northern extent of Antarctic sea ice [climate_sea_ice].
Data and resources
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Source Data: See the metadata record, "Antarctic CRC and Australian Antarctic Division Climate Data Set - Northern extent of Antarctic sea ice" for access to…HTML Open
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Download the monthly mean and maximum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere, 1973 - 1998HTML Open
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Download the mean maximum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere, 1987 - 1998HTML Open
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Download the maximum and minimum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere, 1989 - 1999HTML Open
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Data quality information searchHTML Open
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Citation reference for this metadata record and datasetHTML Open
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PNG Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 1973-01-18 – 1999-12-31 |
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| Date (publication) | 2003-08-21 |
| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | This metadata record is publicly available. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |