Name

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      Parse_NSIDC_NISE_SSMI_SeaIce

Purpose

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      The purpose of this routine is to read and obtain information about
      NSIDC Near Real Time SSM/I Daily Global Sea Ice Concentration and Snow Extent
      (in EASE grids).
     
          http://nsidc.org/data/nise1.html
     

Author

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      David W. Fanning, Ph.D
      National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
      NSIDC/CIRES University of Colorado
      Boulder, CO 80309
      E-Mail: fanning@nsidc.org

Category

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      File Reading.

Syntax

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      image = Parse_NSIDC_NISE_SSMI_SeaIce(filename, variable)
     

Return Value

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      image: The image data in the file.
     

Arguments

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      filename: The name of an NISE-SSMI Sea Ice HDF file.
     
      variable: The scientific dataset variable to read from the file.
                   

Output Keywords

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        INFO: An output structure containing information about the image. See the
                    documentation for PARSE_NSIDC_FILENAME for an example.
 
        SUCCESS: Set to 1 if the file was successfully read, otherwise to 0.
     

Modification History

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      Written by: David W. Fanning, 6 January 2009.