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Altiberg Database of Small Icebergs from Satellite Altimetry, version 3.1

This dataset provides the version 3.1 of the database of small icebergs (lower than 3km in length) detected in Austral and Arctic Ocean, using the high resolution waveforms from spaceborne altimeters from 1992 to 2021.

This database is organized by pole (arctic, antarctic) and provides several product levels for each one:

* Level 2 products are the individual detections of icebergs along the altimeter tracks.

* Level 3 products contains both antarctic polar stereographic 100 km resolution grids of monthly volume of ice and geographic equirectangular (1° in lat x 2° in lon) resolution grids of monthly volume of ice, probability of presence of icebergs and mean iceberg area.

Each product organised by altimeter mission (ERS-1, ERS-2, Jason-1, Jason-2, Jason-3, CryoSat-2, Topex, ENVISAT, SARAL, HY2A, HY2B, Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B). A merged product combining all the available altimeters is also provided.

This database was developed in the frame of Altiberg project, funded by CNES.

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Date (Publication)
2021-04-16
Identifier
CER_PSI_ALTIBERG / 3.1
Status
completed Completed
Point of contact
  Helpdesk
Originator
 
Distributor
  Ifremer / CERSAT
funder
  CNES
Author
  Ifremer / LOPS - Jean Tournadre
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Cersat - Parameter
  • Sea Ice
Cersat - Project
  • Altiberg
Cersat - Latency
  • Historical
Cersat - GCMD parameter
  • /Sea Ice/Icebergs
Centre de données ODATIS
  • CDS-CERSAT
Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS
  • /Observational data/satellite
ODATIS aggregation parameters and Essential Variable names
  • Sea ice
Access constraints
OtherRestrictions
Use constraints
The CERSAT data are freely distributed. However, when using these data in a publication, we request that the following acknowledgement be given : <br> <br> <b><i>"These data were obtained from the Centre de Recherche et d'Exploitation Satellitaire (CERSAT), at IFREMER, Plouzané (France)"</i></b> <br> <br> We also request a reprint of any papers or reports published using these data (send to <a href="cersat@ifremer.fr">cersat@ifremer.fr</a>), in order tu update our reference archive and to improve our knowledge of the oceanographic community's needs. Open
Other constraints
CC-BY (Creative Commons - Attribution)
Other constraints
Tournadre J, Ifremer / LOPS. 2022. Database of Small Icebergs from Satellite Altimetry for Altiberg project. Ver. 3.1. Ifremer, Plouzane, France. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD]
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Distance
1  degree (latitude)
Distance
2  degree (longitude)
Distance
100  Km
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Geographic identifier
Antarctic
Begin date
1992-01-01
End date
2021-12-31 Now
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3412
Distribution format
  • NetCDF ( 3 )

OnLine resource
Ifremer FTP server ( WWW:FTP )
OnLine resource
Local path on Datarmor ( NETWORK:LINK )
OnLine resource
Ifremer HTTPS server ( WWW:LINK )
OnLine resource
User guide ( WWW:LINK )

Altiberg Product User Guide, version 3

OnLine resource
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
Hierarchy level
Series
Attribute description
composite
Processing level code
L3 /
File identifier
06770b5a-b8aa-4a59-b66d-304c2bf9b548 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Series
Date stamp
2025-11-16T15:44:44.098176Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115-3:2018 - Remote Sensing
editor
  CERSAT Exploitation
 
 

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Keywords

Centre de données ODATIS
CDS-CERSAT
Cersat - GCMD parameter
/Sea Ice/Icebergs
Cersat - Latency
Historical
Cersat - Parameter
Sea Ice
Cersat - Project
Altiberg
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
ODATIS aggregation parameters and Essential Variable names
Sea ice
Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS
/Observational data/satellite

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