Norut IT's QuikScat/SeaWinds Sea Ice Products

Contact: Dr Jörg Haarpaintner, joergh@itek.norut.no
Norut IT, P.O.Box 6434, N-9294 Tromsø, NORWAY

Yesterday's images (JD = Julian Day) : click on the image for full resolution

Arctic Sea Ice Cover	Arctic Sea Ice Concentration	Arctic 48h Sea Ice drift (also available from ESA's ENVISAT ASAR Global Mode)

Resolution: 6.675 km (as GEOTIFF) Light gray is multi-year ice, dark gray is first year ice Reference: Haarpaintner et al., TGARS, 2004.	Resolution: 6.675 km (as GEOTIFF) Color code is in 10% intervals Reference: Haarpaintner & Spreen, TGARS, 2007.	Resolution: 2.225 km, (as GEOTIFF/ASCII file) White flags are calculated drift, black flags are interpolated Reference: Haarpaintner, TGARS, 2006.

The original data to produce these products are provided by NOAA/NESDIS/BYU. Archived original QS data are available from the NASA Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder

QuikScat/SeaWinds Animations:

Arctic Sea Ice Cover	Arctic Sea Ice Concentration	Arctic 48h Sea Ice drift
9 Sep. 2002 - 31 Dec. 2002 (mpg) [big] [small] 1 Jan. 2003 - 31 Dec. 2003 (mpg) [big] [small] 1 Jan. 2004 - 31 Dec. 2004 (mpg) [big] [small]	1 Jan. 2003 - 31 Dec. 2003 (mpg) 1. Jan 2004 - 4 Dec. 2004 (mpg)	1 Jan. 2004 - 27. Nov. 2004 (Fram Strait/Svalbard) 1 Jan. 2003 - 31. Oct. 2003 (Beaufort Sea) 1 Jan. 2004 - 28. Nov. 2004 (Beaufort Sea)