DCRS sea ice visualisation system

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Vector graphics datasets explained: 

(Northern Hemisphere) coastline Coastline for the entire area of coverage
Varoius localities coast
Higher resolution coastline for these localities
-200m bathymetry 200 meter depth contour
-500m bathymetry 500 meter depth contour
-1000m bathymetry 1000 meter depth contour
-1500m bathymetry 1500 meter depth contour
-2000m bathymetry 2000 meter depth contour
-3000m bathymetry 3000 meter depth contour
lat1/lon1 latitude-longitude grid with grid spacing 1 degree latitude, 1 degree longitude
lat1/lon5 latitude-longitude grid with grid spacing 1 degree latitude, 5 degree longitude
lat5/lon10 latitude-longitude grid with grid spacing 5 degree latitude, 10 degree longitude
Place names
Location of weather stations etc. Mostly in the European sector of the Arctic
5%, 15%, 30%, 60%, 90% Ice concentration contours from today. Contours derived from low resolution SSM/I data (19 & 37 GHz only)
-1 d 5%, 15%, 30%, 60%, 90% Ice concentration contours from yesterday. Contours derived from low resolution SSM/I data (19 & 37 GHz only)
-3 d 5%, 15%, 30%, 60%, 90% Ice concentration contours from 3 days ago. Contours derived from low resolution SSM/I data (19 & 37 GHz only)
NNN cruise track Cruise track from file
ice motion ice motion derived from SSM/I data of yesterday and today
wind speed Wind observations from Ground stations (discontinued)
0h, 6h, 12h, ... windforecast Weather prediction model output from NCEP (model run at 00 UTC)
0h, 6h, 12h, ... waveforecast Weather prediction model output from NCEP (model run at 00 UTC)
Icechart xxxx dd/mm
Icechart from US National Ice Center. dd/mm is date of validity, xxxx is area
baff=Baffin Bay, balt=Baltic, bar=Barents Sea, beau=Beaufort Sea, ber=Bering Sea, cane=Canadian Archipelago (east), chuk=Chukchi Sea, esib=East Siberian Sea, gren=Greenland Sea, hiw=High Arctic West, hiea=High Arctic East, huds=Hudson Bay, kar=Kara Sea, lapt=Laptev Sea, okh=Sea of Okhotsk, whit=White Sea

envisat coverage
Coverage of ENVISAT Global Mapping Mode data with time of ENVISAT pass.
ers coverage
Coverage of ERS PRI data
amsr.C xxx
xxx ice concentration fraction contours from IOMASA optimal estimation algorithm
amsr.F xxx
xxx multi-year ice fraction contours from IOMASA optimal estimation algorithm
qscat.HH xxx
xxx backscatter contour from quickscat data
qscat.POL xxx
xxx polarization contour from quickscat. POL=0 is normally very close to the ice limit.
  • Additional files may be available as well.  Some files may not be available since thay have  to be updated every day.
  • windforecast data only available off-line if the file yyyymmdd.ncep.zip has been downloaded
  • ice concentration contours are only available off-line if the file yyymmdd-linier.iskort.zip has been downloaded for the relevant day(s).