Sea ice concentration | Sea ice edge | Sea ice type |
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Sea ice emissivity | Sea ice drift | |
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Remote sensing sea ice products are produced on a daily basis and with global (or hemispherical) coverage. Above is shown an overview of existing sea ice products which are run in operational mode to reproduce Near-Real-Time (NRT) sea ice conditions. Click on a product to get more information. These products have been generated operationally for several years as part of the EUMETSAT OSI SAF programme in a cooperation between MET Norway and Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI). The products (also back in time) can be found in the EUMETSAT OSI SAF sea ice archive.
For climate studies or temporal comparisons of sea ice conditions is recommended the climate data records which are consistent in time with respect to input data and retrieval routines. The climate records are divided into Climate Data Record (CDR) for a fixed period, and the Interim CDR (ICDR) providing daily updates to the CDR with some weeks timeliness. See more about the Sea Ice Climate products. The NRT products are regularly upgraded to have the best possible sea ice retrievals of the recent days. Therefore, the archive of these data may not be consistent in time.
Overview of existing sea ice products - both the operational near-real-time products and the climate data records:
Product | ID | Data type | Frequency | Owner and Distribution | Redistribution |
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Sea ice concentration | SIC | NRT | 1 per day | OSI SAF | |
SIC | CDR, ICDR | 1 per day, delayed16 days | OSI SAF | C3S | |
Sea ice concentration - AMSR | SIC-AMSR | NRT | 1 per day | OSI SAF | CMEMS |
SIC-AMSR | CDR | 1 per day (no ICDR) | ESA CCI | C3S | |
Sea ice edge | SIE | NRT | 1 per day | OSI SAF | CMEMS |
SIE | CDR, ICDR | 1 per day, delayed16 days | C3S | MET | |
Sea ice type | SITy | NRT | 1 per day | OSI SAF | CMEMS |
SITy | CDR, ICDR | 1 per day, delayed16 days | C3S | MET | |
Sea ice drift - low res. | SID-LR | NRT | 1 per day | OSI SAF | CMEMS |
SID-LR | CDR | 1 per day (no ICDR) | OSI SAF | C3S | |
Sea ice drift - med. res. | SID-MR | NRT | 4 per day | OSI SAF | |
Sea ice emissivity | SIEM | NRT | 1 per day | OSI SAF |