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Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder (SSMIS) on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-17 satellite that provides passive microwave brightness temperatures (and derived Arctic and Antarctic sea ice products) has been providing spurious data since beginning of April. Working on resolving problem or replacing this data source.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/
I put a link to the Japanese ice extent data, which is still working (but not directly compatible with the F-17 extent/area results, so it's not just a simple switch) in the E&E pocket reference guide on Monday: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1127&pid=100902
https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/vishop-extent.html
Today (slight close-up to before and after the maximum and minimum):
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