- NEW! Spring 2013 NASA IceBridge Data
- The NASA IceBridge Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness Quick Look data set is an evaluation product containing derived geophysical data products retrieved over the Arctic sea ice cover from 14 March to 02 April 2012, and 21 to 27 March 2013, using the IceBridge Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM), Snow Radar, Digital Mapping System (DMS), and KT19 pyrometer.
- http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/icebridge/evaluation_products/sea-ice-freeboard-snowdepth-thickness-quicklook-index.html
- Spring 2012 Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Data
- This webpage provides access to early-release data sets on ice thickness, snow depth, and ice characteristics collected in March/April 2012 in the North American Arctic.
- http://www.arcus.org/search/seaiceoutlook/ice-thickness-data
- CRREL Arctic Sea Ice Mass Balance (IMB) Buoy Data
- Data from this array of drifting buoys provide time series of snow accumulation and ablation, ice growth, ice surface and bottom melt, internal ice temperature fields, and temporally-averaged estimates of ocean heat flux, along with position, sea level pressure, and surface air temperature. These data enable the attribution of thermodynamic ice loss to surface or bottom forcing. Near-real time data from active buoys, including changes in the snow depth and ice thickness, are automatically updated at 0h00 and 12h00 UTC daily.
- http://imb.crrel.usace.army.mil
- NASA IceBridge Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness Quick Look Dataset
- This dataset is an evaluation product containing derived geophysical data products retrieved over the arctic sea ice cover from 14 March to 2 April 2012 using the IceBridge Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM), Snow Radar, Digital Mapping System (DMS), and KT19 pyrometer. This quick look product is experimental and is designed to be applicable for time-sensitive projects such as sea ice forecasting. The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns, are stored in ASCII text files, and are available via FTP.
- http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/icebridge/evaluation_products/sea-ice-freeboard-snowdepth-thickness-quicklook-index.html
- NSIDC/NIC Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent - Northern Hemisphere (MASIE-NH)
- The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) offer a daily sea ice analysis product called the Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent - Northern Hemisphere (MASIE-NH), which draws on a multitude of data sources. You can view and download: Northern Hemisphere-wide sea ice coverage for latest day and the last four weeks; sea ice coverage by region; and a file of sea ice extent for the Northern Hemisphere and by region for the last four weeks, updated daily.
- http://nsidc.org/data/masie/index.html
- Ship Observations Reports
- This website developed by Jenny Hutchings, University of Alaska Fairbanks, is a compilation of ship reports from arctic expeditions. Ship observations include those from the Healy, Polarstern, Xuelong, and Lance.
- http://research.iarc.uaf.edu/~jenny/ShipObs2010/
- AWI Graph of Ice Thickness Initialization Field Used for Ensemble Simulations in 2010
- This PDF document contains a graph and explanatory text of the ice thickness initialization field used for ensemble simulations in 2010, from Frank Kauker, Alfred Wegener Institute.
- Download Graph and Description (2M - PDF)
- AMSR Ice Maps
- This website from the University of Bremen presents the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer's EOS (AMSR-E) sea ice concentrations calculated daily in near real time. The site also provides links to combined Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-AMSR-E sea ice maps.
- http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de:8084/amsr/amsre.html
- Arctic Sea-Ice Measurement Campaign Coordination
- An international overview of where arctic researchers are collecting sea ice data over the summer
- http://www.iceplan.org/
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis
- This website provides extensive data discovery and access of sea ice-related datasets, data products, and collections, including sea ice images, trends and anomalies, and climatologies.
- http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
- Canadian Ice Service
- This website provides data on sea ice and climate in North American waters, including the Western Arctic, Eastern Arctic, Hudson Bay, Great Lakes, and the East Coast. Available data includes: prevailing ice conditions and weather, archives and seasonal summaries, ice cover graphs, and an annual arctic ice atlas.
- http://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/WsvPageDsp.cfm?ID=1&Lang=eng
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada Sea Ice Studies
- This website contains sea ice field surveys and reports for the Beaufort Sea, the Canadian Archipelago, Labrador, Grand Banks, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, with additional links to their Ocean Sciences Database and Marine Environmental Data Service.
- http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/ocean/seaice/intro_e.html
- National Ice Center
- This website provides access to arcitc ice data by map region; users can create products on demand with the available data. Also included are ready-to-use data products, a data products archive, and links to polar science issues and tactical support.
- http://www.natice.noaa.gov/
- The Cryosphere Today
- This webpage by the Polar Research Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers daily images of the northern and southern hemisphere polar ice caps. An archive houses images from 1979 to the present. It includes links to animations, latest regional sea ice coverage and anomalies, and graphs detailing various states of the ice.
- http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/
- Arctic Sea Ice Maps and Graphs
- A compiled list of daily-updated graphs and maps for monitoring arctic sea ice (extent, area, concentration, temps, webcams, etc.)
- http://sites.google.com/site/arcticseaicegraphs/
- MODIS Mosaic of the Arctic
- The MODIS Rapid Response System from NASA generates complete mosaic images of the Arctic every day from 18 March 2009 to the present.
- http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?mosaic=Arctic
- Seasonal Climate Forecast from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center
- This page displays seasonal climate anomalies from the National Centers for Environmental Protection (NCEP) coupled forecast system model version 2 (CFSv2).
- http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/CFSv2/CFSv2seasonal.shtml
- Ocean and Sea Ice (OSI) Satellite Application Facilities (SAF)
- Ice type maps for the northern hemisphere from OSI-SAF, a European consortium hosted by Meteo-France.
- http://saf.met.no/p/ice/nh/type/type.shtml
- Center for Satellite Exploitation and Research (CERSAT) Sea Ice Concentration Maps
- Daily and monthly sea ice concentration maps at 12.5 km resolution, with temporal coverage since 1991.
- http://cersat.ifremer.fr/a>
- Hydrographic Data from Ice-Tethered Profilers
- Observations from automated ice-tethered profilers with high-vertical resolution profiles of upper Arctic Ocean temperature and salinity in near real-time.
- http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=20756
- Hydrographic Data From Argo Profilers
- Data from an array of temperature/salinity profiling floats, provided by the Coriolis data center; primarily covers the Nordic Seas and the northern North Atlantic Ocean.
- http://www.coriolis.eu.org/
- Ensemble Forecasts of Arctic and Bering Sea Ice from the Polar Science Center
- Two sea-ice forecasting websites developed by researchers at the Polar Science Center, including "Seasonal Ensemble Forecasts of Arctic Sea Ice" and "High-Resolution Hindcast and Ensemble Forecast of Sea Ice in the Bering Sea."
- http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/IDAO/seasonal_outlook.html
- http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/IDAO/beringIce_outlook.html
