SeaIce20: Arctic Sea Ice

SeaIce20R Documentation

Arctic Sea Ice

Description

Yearly area and extent of Arctic sea ice measured in September(1979-2020)

Usage

data("SeaIce20")

Format

A data frame with 42 observations on the following 4 variables.

Year

Year (1979 to 2020)

Extent

Extent of the Arctic sea ice (in millions of square km)

Area

Area of the Arctic sea ice (in millions of square km)

t

Time index (1 to 42)

Details

Extent and area of Arctic sea ice measured in September each year. Extent is measured from the outside perimeter, while area deducts internal regions of open water. Estimates are made from satellite images.

Source

Data from ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/Sep/N_09_areaV2.txt updated data from

Witt, G. (2103) "Using Data from Climate Science to Teach Introductory Statistics," JSE 21:1 available at www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v21n1/witt.pdf


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