<VRTDataset rasterXSize="432" rasterYSize="432">
  <SRS dataAxisToSRSAxisMapping="1,2">PROJCS["WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 North",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",90],PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",0],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",SOUTH],AXIS["Northing",SOUTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6931"]]</SRS>
  <GeoTransform> -5.4000000000000000e+06,  2.5000000000000000e+04,  0.0000000000000000e+00,  5.4000000000000000e+06,  0.0000000000000000e+00, -2.5000000000000000e+04</GeoTransform>
  <Metadata>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#add_offset">0</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#ancillary_variables">conc_2yi_uncertainty status_flag</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#coverage_content_type">modelResult</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#grid_mapping">Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#long_name">Concentration of Second Year Sea Ice</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#name">conc_2yi</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#scale_factor">0.001</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#standard_name">sea_ice_area_fraction</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#units">1</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#valid_max">1100</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#valid_min">0</MDI>
    <MDI key="conc_2yi#_FillValue">-32768</MDI>
    <MDI key="Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area#false_easting">0</MDI>
    <MDI key="Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area#false_northing">0</MDI>
    <MDI key="Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area#grid_mapping_name">lambert_azimuthal_equal_area</MDI>
    <MDI key="Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area#inverse_flattening">298.257223563</MDI>
    <MDI key="Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area#latitude_of_projection_origin">90</MDI>
    <MDI key="Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area#longitude_of_projection_origin">0</MDI>
    <MDI key="Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area#proj4_string">+proj=laea +lat_0=90 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs</MDI>
    <MDI key="Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area#semi_major_axis">6378137</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#acknowledgment">Research Council of Norway (project 'TARDIS', no. 325241) and the European Space Agency (project 'CCI SAGE', no. 4000147560/25/I-LR)</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#algorithm">lagrangian_sea_ice_age_v2p1</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#cdm_data_type">Grid</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#comment">No comments</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#contact">Anton Korosov, anton.korosov@nersc.no</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#contributor_email">leo.edel@nersc.no, laurent.bertino@nersc.no</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#contributor_institution">NERSC, NERSC</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#contributor_name">Leo Edel, Laurent Bertino</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#contributor_role">assistant, project leader</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#Conventions">CF-1.7, ACDD-1.3</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#creator_email">anton.korosov@nersc.no</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#creator_institution">Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#creator_name">Anton Korosov</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#creator_type">person</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#creator_url">https://nersc.no/en/ansatt/anton-korosov/</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#dataset_doi">10.21343/sqvr-rq75</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#date_created">2026-01-19T00:00:00Z</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#geospatial_bounds">POLYGON((-5387500 -5387500, 5387500 -5387500, 5387500 5387500, -5387500 5387500, -5387500 -5387500))</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#geospatial_bounds_crs">EPSG:6931</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#geospatial_lat_max">90</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#geospatial_lat_min">17.61</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#geospatial_lon_max">180</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#geospatial_lon_min">-180</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#geospatial_vertical_max">0</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#geospatial_vertical_min">0</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#history">Created on 2026-01-19T00:00:00Z by NERSC Sea Ice Age processing script</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#institution">Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#instrument">Special Sensor Microwave - Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave - Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave - Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave - Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave - Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave - Imager (SSM/I), Special Sensor Microwave - Imager/Sounder (SSMIS), Special Sensor Microwave - Imager/Sounder (SSMIS), Special Sensor Microwave - Imager/Sounder (SSMIS), Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E), Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - 2 (AMSR2)</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#instrument_vocabulary">WMO OSCAR Space:https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#iso_topic_category">oceans,climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#keywords">GCMDSK:Earth Science &gt; Cryosphere &gt; Sea Ice &gt; Sea Ice Concentration, GCMDSK:Earth Science &gt; Oceans &gt; Sea Ice &gt; Sea Ice Concentration, GCMDSK:Earth Science &gt; Climate Indicators &gt; Cryospheric Indicators &gt; Sea Ice Concentration, GCMDSK:Earth Science &gt; Cryosphere &gt; Sea Ice &gt; Sea Ice Motion, GCMDSK:Earth Science &gt; Oceans &gt; Sea Ice &gt; Sea Ice Motion, GCMDSK:Earth Science &gt; Climate Indicators &gt; Cryospheric Indicators &gt; Sea Ice Motion, GCMDLOC:Geographic Region &gt; Northern Hemisphere, GCMDLOC:Vertical Location &gt; Sea Surface, GCMDPROV: CONSORTIA/INSTITUTIONS &gt; NERSC &gt; Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#keywords_vocabulary">GCMDSK:GCMD Science Keywords:https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concepts/concept_scheme/sciencekeywords, GCMDPROV:GCMD Providers:https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concepts/concept_scheme/providers, GCMDLOC:GCMD Locations:https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concepts/concept_scheme/locations</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#license">CC-BY-4.0</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#platform">Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F08 (DMSP-F08), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F10 (DMSP-F10), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F11 (DMSP-F11), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F13 (DMSP-F13), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F14 (DMSP-F14), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F15 (DMSP-F15), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F16 (DMSP-F16), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F17 (DMSP-F17), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - F18 (DMSP-F18), Earth Observation System - Aqua (Aqua), Global Change Observation Mission for Water  (GCOM-W)</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#platform_vocabulary">WMO OSCAR Space:https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#processing_level">Level 4</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#product_id">arctic25km_sea_ice_age_v2p1</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#product_name">nersc_arctic_sea_ice_age_climate_data_record</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#product_status">released</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#product_version">2.1.2</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#project">Thickness of Arctic sea ice Reconstructed by Data assimilation and artificial Intelligence Seamlessly (TARDIS)</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#publisher_email">adc-support@met.no</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#publisher_institution">Norwegian Meteorological Institute</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#publisher_institution_pid">https://ror.org/001n36p86</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#publisher_name">Norwegian Meteorological Institute/Arctic Data Centre (NO/MET/ADC)</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#publisher_url">https://adc.met.no/</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#references">https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-477 (Scientific publication:A Climate Data Record of Sea Ice Age Using Lagrangian Advection of a Triangular Mesh)</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#source">Global Sea Ice Drift Climate Data Record Version 1 from the EUMETSAT OSI SAF, 
 Sea Ice Concentration Climate Data Record Version 3 from the EUMETSAT OSI SAF</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#spatial_resolution">25.0 km grid spacing</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#standard_name_vocabulary">CF Standard Name Table (Version 78, 21 September 2021)</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#summary">This climate data record of sea ice age is obtained from coarse resolution ice drift and conentration OSI SAF products. The processing chain features: 1) Lagrangian advection of ice age fractions, 2) Weighted averaging of fractions.</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#time_coverage_duration">P1D</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#time_coverage_end">2016-05-14T00:00:00Z</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#time_coverage_resolution">P1D</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#time_coverage_start">2016-05-13T00:00:00Z</MDI>
    <MDI key="NC_GLOBAL#title">Arctic Sea Ice Age Climate Data Record v2.1</MDI>
    <MDI key="NETCDF_DIM_EXTRA">{time}</MDI>
    <MDI key="NETCDF_DIM_time_DEF">{1,6}</MDI>
    <MDI key="NETCDF_DIM_time_VALUES">1210680000</MDI>
    <MDI key="time#axis">T</MDI>
    <MDI key="time#bounds">time_bnds</MDI>
    <MDI key="time#calendar">standard</MDI>
    <MDI key="time#long_name">reference time of product</MDI>
    <MDI key="time#standard_name">time</MDI>
    <MDI key="time#units">seconds since 1978-01-01 00:00:00</MDI>
    <MDI key="x#axis">X</MDI>
    <MDI key="x#standard_name">projection_x_coordinate</MDI>
    <MDI key="x#units">m</MDI>
    <MDI key="y#axis">Y</MDI>
    <MDI key="y#standard_name">projection_y_coordinate</MDI>
    <MDI key="y#units">m</MDI>
  </Metadata>
  <VRTRasterBand dataType="Float32" band="1" blockXSize="432" blockYSize="432">
    <Metadata>
      <MDI key="add_offset">0</MDI>
      <MDI key="ancillary_variables">conc_2yi_uncertainty status_flag</MDI>
      <MDI key="coverage_content_type">modelResult</MDI>
      <MDI key="grid_mapping">Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area</MDI>
      <MDI key="long_name">Concentration of Second Year Sea Ice</MDI>
      <MDI key="name">conc_2yi</MDI>
      <MDI key="NETCDF_DIM_time">1210680000</MDI>
      <MDI key="NETCDF_VARNAME">conc_2yi</MDI>
      <MDI key="scale_factor">0.001</MDI>
      <MDI key="standard_name">sea_ice_area_fraction</MDI>
      <MDI key="STATISTICS_MAXIMUM">1</MDI>
      <MDI key="STATISTICS_MEAN">0.099544065897801</MDI>
      <MDI key="STATISTICS_MINIMUM">0</MDI>
      <MDI key="STATISTICS_STDDEV">0.22306202668163</MDI>
      <MDI key="STATISTICS_VALID_PERCENT">9.892</MDI>
      <MDI key="units">1</MDI>
      <MDI key="valid_max">1100</MDI>
      <MDI key="valid_min">0</MDI>
      <MDI key="_FillValue">-32768</MDI>
    </Metadata>
    <NoDataValue>-32.7680015563964844</NoDataValue>
    <ComplexSource>
      <SourceFilename relativeToVRT="0">NETCDF:"/lustre/storeB/adc-data/papers/NERSC_arctic25km_sea_ice_age_v2p1/2016/arctic25km_sea_ice_age_v2p1_20160513.nc":conc_2yi</SourceFilename>
      <SourceBand>1</SourceBand>
      <SourceProperties RasterXSize="432" RasterYSize="432" DataType="Int16" BlockXSize="432" BlockYSize="432" />
      <SrcRect xOff="0" yOff="0" xSize="432" ySize="432" />
      <DstRect xOff="0" yOff="0" xSize="432" ySize="432" />
      <NODATA>-32768</NODATA>
      <ScaleOffset>0</ScaleOffset>
      <ScaleRatio>0.001</ScaleRatio>
    </ComplexSource>
  </VRTRasterBand>
</VRTDataset>
