Sea Ice Outlook | Overview

What's New?

SIO Community Meeting at AGU

An open community meeting, "Sea Ice Outlook: What We Learned from 2009 and Future Plans," will be held during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting on Wednesday, 16 December 2009. {more}

2009 Sea Ice Outlook - Summary Reports

The 2009 Sea Ice Outlook Summary Reports are now available. These reports, based on statements from contributors to the 2009 Sea Ice Outlook, provide an initial retrospective review of the 2009 Sea Ice Outlook effort at both the pan-arctic and regional scale. {more}

About the Sea Ice Outlook

The SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook is an international effort to provide a community-wide summary of the expected September arctic sea ice minimum. Monthly reports released throughout the summer synthesize community estimates of the current state and expected minimum of sea ice—at both a pan-arctic and regional scale.

The intent of the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook effort is not to issue predictions, but rather to summarize all available data and observations to provide the scientific community, stakeholders, and the public the best available information on the evolution of arctic sea ice.

Sea Ice Outlook activities are supported in part through the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

New for 2009: Regional Outlooks

As a new feature of the 2009 SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook, Regional Outlooks include a summary of data and observations relevant to a particular region in order to provide an indication of seasonal ice evolution at a finer scale than the pan-arctic Outlook.

Submitting an Outlook

Detailed requirements for submitting pan-arctic and regional outlooks {more}

NOTE: The August report represented the last formal monthly Sea Ice Outlook for the 2009 season.

Sea Ice Outlook Background

For information about the history and development of the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook, visit the Background page.