Description of the monthly sea ice production data set in the Southern Ocean. (AMSR-E version) The heat flux and sea ice production analysis is calculated daily on the polar stereographic grid with a spatial resolution of 6.25 km and 0.05 deg. latitude - 0.1 longitude grid. The analysis uses AMSR-E data and ERA-Interim data with a spatial resolution of 0.5 deg. x 0.5 deg.. The algorithm of AMSR-E thin ice thickness and the mapping of sea ice production is described in Nihashi, S. and K.I. Ohshima, 2015: Circumpolar mapping of Antarctic coastal polynyas and landfast sea ice: relationship and variability. Journal of Climate, 28, 3650-3670, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00369. When you will use these data set in your paper, please be sure to refer Nihashi and Ohshima (2015). In this web site, the sea ice production analysis is available in individual yearly files of individual monthly data products. For further information on the data set, please contact: Sohey Nihashi ------------------- E-mail: sohey@tomakomai-ct.ac.jp Phone/FAX: +81-144-67-8007 Postal Address: Tomakomai National College of Technology 443 Nishikioka, Tomakomai 059-1275, Japan Kay I. Ohshima --------------- E-mail: ohshima@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp Phone: +81-11-706-5481 FAX: +81-11-706-7362 Postal Address: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-19, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan UPDATED: 27 March 2017