Sea Ice Index - Data

The data files, version 2.2, used to prepare the OSI SAF Sea Ice Index (v2p2) plots can be accessed in either ASCII (txt) or netCDF format. Below are listed the data files for sea-ice extent.

  Daily values Monthly values
Northern Hemisphere txt  /  nc txt  /  nc
Southern Hemisphere txt  /  nc txt  /  nc
Global txt  /  nc txt  /  nc
Svalbard txt  /  nc txt  /  nc
Barents Sea txt  /  nc txt  /  nc

 

All available data files, including both sea-ice extent and area, can be accessed from the OSI SAF ftp server here.