nisdc {UsingR}

NISCD

Description

A data frame measuring daily sea-ice extent from 1978 until 2013.

Usage

data(nisdc)

Format

A data frame measuring daily sea-ice extent from 1978 until 2013

Source

ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/data/NH_seaice_extent_final.csv and ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/data/NH_seaice_extent_nrt.csv (now offline).

References

See the blog post https://www.r-bloggers.com/2012/08/arctic-sea-ice-at-lowest-levels-since-observations-began/ for a description and nice script to play with.