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Ice Charts

High resolution ice charts covering local areas in the European Arctic and Russian Arctic [Feedback]
Arctic and Antarctic medium resolution ice charts [Feedback]

Ice Features
Ice thickness chart covering the Baltic Sea [Feedback]
SAR images (incl Global mode) [Feedback]
Climate Products
Global arctic microwave ice products [Feedback]
Regional climate products covering the Fram Strait area [Feedback]
Envisat ASAR Global Mode Composite Ice Drift [Feedback]
EuroClim climate products [Feedback] New product!
Ice Forecasts
Baltic Sea forecast (two models) [Feedback]
Met-ocean and ocean ice parameters
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    Download the S3 service prospectus document, V1.4 (09FEB04)
    Prospectus Map

    Figure 1.
  • Blue boxes identify demonstration areas in the consolidation phase(whole arctic not included)
  • Green line defines the approximate lower latitute boundary of the European Arctic
  • Yellow line defines the Fram Strait area
  • Red line defines the approximate route to the Bering Strait from the European Arctic,


    • Compressed table of services/products and their parameters

    Product Parameter Area Freq Spatial resol Instrument (Satellite)
    Products and services available in two years
    Low resolution electronic ice chart Edge / Concentration European Arctic Monday-Friday 10 km SSM/I (DMSP), AVHRR (NOAA), SeaWinds (QuikScat)
    High resolution ice charts Edge / Concentration European Arctic and Russian Arctic On request 300 m ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat)
    Medium resolution ice charts New! Edge / Concentration Arctic and Antarctic Daily 3.125km to 6.25km AQUA AMSR-E
    Ice thickness charts Thickness Baltic Daily 500 m ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat), ground truth
    Ice thickness profiles and regional thickness distributions Thickness Baltic and European and Russian Arctic TBD 4 m, for 100 km long profiles or grids EM Bird
    Kara Sea Images and Cryovex campaign SAR image Kara sea On request 300 m ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat)
    Global arctic microwave ice product Age (MY/FY) Arctic Daily 12.5 km SeaWinds (QuikScat)
    Global arctic microwave ice drift Drift Arctic Daily 62.5 km SeaWinds (QuikScat), SSM/I
    SAR Ice classifi-cation Stage of development Storfjorden, Svalbard On request 300 m ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat)
    Regional climate products from SAR Ice area flux Fram strait 5-7 days on request or during demon-strations 300 m ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat)
    Products and services available in five years
    High resolution ice charts Ridges / Polynyas / Floe size Local areas Daily (TBC) 300 m (TBC) ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat1/2)
    Ice production charts Production Local areas Daily (TBC) NA ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat1/2)
    Data to be displayed Met-ocean (wave height, vector, wave characteristics, wind characteristics, air temp, SST, humidity, ocean current, air pressure) Baltic Daily TBD Weather satellites, scatterometer/altimeter satellites
    Ice resistance charts for ships Melt-freeze onset Baltic (European Arctic TBC) Daily 10 km TBD
    Ice resistance charts for ships Ice strength Baltic (European Arctic TBC) Daily 1 km (TBC) TBD
    Forecast, low resolution Edge / Concentration / Age (MY/FY) European Arctic Monday-Friday 25 km ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat1/2), SSM/I (DMSP), SeaWinds (QuikScat), AMSR (ADEOS)
    Forecast, high resolution Edge / Concentration Svalbard Monday-Friday 2 - 5 km ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat1/2), SSM/I (DMSP), SeaWinds (QuikScat), AMSR (ADEOS)
    Forecast, high resolution Edge / Concentration / Drift vectors / Deformation Baltic TBD 1 km (TBC) ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat1/2)
    Forecast, high resolution Thickness / Concentration / Drift vectors / Ridges Local areas in Baltic TBD 1.8 km (TBC) ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat1/2)
    Global arctic microwave ice product Age (MY/FY) Arctic Daily 12.5 km SeaWinds (QuikScat)
    Global arctic microwave ice drift Drift Arctic Daily 31.25 km SeaWinds (QuikScat)
    Low resolution ice chart Thickness European Arctic TBD TBD Altimeter (CryoSAT)
    High resolution ice charts Age (MY/FY) (TBC) European Arctic
    		300 m (TBC)
    Products and services available in eight years
    Data to be displayed Met-ocean (wave height, vector, wave characteristics, wind characteristics, air temp, SST, humidity, ocean current, air pressure) European Arctic Daily TBD Weather satellites, scatterometer/altimeter satellites
    Propagation charts Wave propagation in ice Barents sea Weekly TBD ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (Radarsat1/2)
    Snow thickness chart Snow thickness European Arctic Weekly 10 km TBD
    Regional climate products from SAR Volume flux Fram strait Weekly TBD ASAR (Envisat), ScanSAR (RADARSAT)
    Color indicates that product is located to smaller areas

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