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Antarctic Daily Sea Ice Extent, Newest 60 Days (NSIDC Sea Ice Index)

nsidcnoaadata/antarctic-daily-sea-ice-extent

The newest 60 days of southern-hemisphere sea ice extent from the NSIDC Sea Ice Index (Version 4, dataset G02135), one value per day in million square kilometres, with the missing-data area. Takes no input. Use it for the current ice state and recent trend. The citation NSIDC asks for is included. NSIDC data, reshaped from CSV to JSON and served by Eden Engine; not an official NSIDC product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), NOAA@NSIDC Sea Ice Index, Version 4 (G02135), public domain per nsidc.org/data/data-policies. Citation: Fetterer, F., Knowles, K., Meier, W. N., Savoie, M., Windnagel, A. K. & Stafford, T. (2025). Sea Ice Index. (G02135, Version 4). Boulder, Colorado USA. National Snow and Ice Data Center. https://doi.org/10.7265/a98x-0f50. Served by Eden Engine; not an official NSIDC product.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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agent
// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "nsidcnoaadata/antarctic-daily-sea-ice-extent" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "nsidcnoaadata/antarctic-daily-sea-ice-extent" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "nsidcnoaadata/antarctic-daily-sea-ice-extent", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "nsidcnoaadata/antarctic-daily-sea-ice-extent", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

ChargePrice
Per call
$0.0026
Updated
Oct 24, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema
input_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}
Output schema
output_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "dataset",
    "unit",
    "citation",
    "rows"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "rows": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Date, YYYY-MM-DD."
          },
          "extent": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Sea ice extent, million square kilometres."
          },
          "missing": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Area of missing data inside the extent estimate, million square kilometres."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "The newest 60 days in the file, oldest first. Early years of the file have gaps; the last 60 rows are consecutive days."
    },
    "unit": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unit of extent and area."
    },
    "dataset": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "citation": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The citation NSIDC asks users to give."
    },
    "rowCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "How many rows the source file holds."
    }
  },
  "description": "The newest 60 daily southern sea ice extent values from the Sea Ice Index.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}