Global Sea Ice Reference Page: Arctic and Antarctic current graphs and imagery
Given the intense interest in Arctic Sea Ice extent this year, I’ve decided to put all the sea ice graphs in one handy place for easy nail biting reference. All images are automatically updated immediately upon update at their source.
Shortlink for this page: http://wp.me/P7y4l-5Kc (suitable for blog or Twitter comments)
Global Sea Ice:
Global Sea Ice Area and Anomaly
Cryosphere Today – University of Illinois – Polar Research Group – Click the pic to view at source
Global, Arctic & Antarctic Sea Ice Area
climate4you.com – Ole Humlum – Professor, University of Oslo Department of Geosciences – Click the pic to view at source
Global Sea Ice Cover
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch (MMAB) – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Graphs:
Arctic Sea Ice Extent – 15% or greater:
National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – click to view at source
Arctic Sea Ice Extent -15% or Greater:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – International Arctic Research Center (IARC) – Click the pic to view at source
JAXA data download (CSV file of extent) here Details here
Arctic Sea Ice Extent – 15% or Greater:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – International Arctic Research Center (IARC) – Click the pic to view at source
Details and raw data on this graph product here
Arctic Sea ice extent 30% or greater (DMI)
Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) – Centre for Ocean and Ice – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Ice Extent 15% or Greater
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) – Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ROOS) – Click the pic to view at source
Nansen data (CSV file with both extent and area) download here
Arctic Sea Ice Extent from the National Ice Center – NOTE: updated weekly
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Ice Center – Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) – Click the pic to view at source
Northern Hemisphere Total (Sea and Lake) Ice Extent from the National Ice Center – NOTE: updated weekly
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Ice Center Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Ice Area
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) – Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ROOS)- Click the pic to view at source
Nansen data (CSV file with both extent and area) download here
Sea Ice Extent – Change in Maximum, Mean and Minimum
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) – Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ROOS) – Click the pic to view at source
Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area and Anomaly
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source
Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area Anomaly
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source
Northern Regional Sea Ice Charts
NEW: Map of the Arctic – Thanks to REP
National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection – click to view at source
Arctic Basin: Cryosphere Today
Central Arctic: NSIDC
Baffin Bay/Gulf of St. Lawrence: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Baffin/Newfoundland Bay: Cryosphere Today
Baltic Sea: NSIDC
Barents Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today – Arctic ROOS
Beaufort Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Bering Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Canadian Archipelago: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Chukchi Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Cook Inlet: NSIDC
Gulf of St. Lawrence: Cryosphere Today
East Siberian Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Greenland Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today – Arctic ROOS
Hudson Bay: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Kara Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today – Arctic ROOS
Laptev Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Sea of Okhotsk: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Yellow Sea: NSIDC
Sources:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Cryosphere Today Nansen Arctic ROOS
Mean Temperature above 80°N
Danish Meteorological Institute – Click the pic to view at source
RSS Northern Polar Temperature Lower Troposphere (TLT) – 1979 to Present
Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) – Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) – Click the pic to view at source
Northern Hemisphere Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch (MMAB) – Click the pic to view at source
Northern Hemisphere Sea Surface Temperature
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch (MMAB) – Click the pic to view at source
Northern Hemisphere Sea Surface Temperature
Danish Meteorological Institute – Click for data archive and animation tool
Northern Hemisphere Surface Temperatures
NOAA ESRL – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Surface Temperature
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Surface Temperature – 30 Day Animation: – (NRL):
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticsst_nowcast_anim30d.gif
Arctic Sea Surface Temperature – 365 Day Animation – (NRL):
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticsst_nowcast_anim365d.gif
Sea Ice Concentration:
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration – 30 Day Animation: – (NRL):
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticice_nowcast_anim30d.gif
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration – 365 Day Animation – (NRL):
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticice_nowcast_anim365d.gif
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source
Download various Cryosphere Today data sets here
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration – Same Date Compared With 2007
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source (thanks to Ric Werme)
Canadian Sea Ice Concentration
EC/Canadian Ice Service Map – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Ice Extent With Anomaly
National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast in Meters
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Ice Thickness – 30 Day Animation: – (NRL):
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticict_nowcast_anim30d.gif
Arctic Sea Ice Thickness – 365 Day Animation: – (NRL):
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticict_nowcast_anim365d.gif
Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source
Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift – 30 Day Animation: – (NRL):
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticicespddrf_nowcast_anim30d.gif
Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift – 365 Day Animation – (NRL):
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/navo/arcticicespddrf_nowcast_anim365d.gif
RSS Southern Polar Temperature Lower Troposphere (TLT) – 1979 to Present
Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) – Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) – Click the pic to view at source
Drifting “North Pole” Camera
NOAA – Click the pic to view at source
Webcam 1: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2013/9.jpg
Archive: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2013/webcam1.html
Webcam 2: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2013/18.jpg
Archive: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2013/webcam2.html
Source: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/index.html
Arctic Satellite Imagery:
True Color Arctic Satellite Image – With Google Maps Zoom – arctic.io – Infrared and Global imagery is available from the Arctic and Global dropdowns on the map linked above.
Terra 4km True Color Arctic Satellite Image – Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Terra 4km Bands 3-6-7 Arctic Satellite Image< – Arctic Satellite Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Aqua 4km True Color Arctic Satellite Image – Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Antarctic Graphs:
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent – 15% or Greater
National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – Click the pic to view at source
Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area and Anomaly
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source
Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area Anomaly
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source
Antarctic Sea Ice Imagery:
Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source
Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Extent With Anomaly
National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – Click the pic to view at source
South Pole Station Webcam (offline in SH winter)
Amundsen-Scott
Antarctic Satellite Imagery:
Terra 4km True Color Antarctic Satellite Image – Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Terra 4km Bands 3-6-7 Antarctic Satellite Image – Arctic Satellite Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Aqua 4km True Color Antarctic Satellite Image – Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Source Guide:
Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) – Centre for Ocean and Ice
Home Page – http://ocean.dmi.dk/english/index.php
Arctic Page – http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/index.uk.php
arctic.io
Home Page – http://www.arctic.io/
Satellite Observations Page – http://www.arctic.io/observations/
climate4you.com – Ole Humlum – Professor, University of Oslo Department of Geosciences:
Home Page – http://climate4you.com/
Ole Humlum Bibliography – http://climate4you.com/Text/BIBLIOGRAPHY%20OLE%20HUMLUM.pdf
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois:
Home Page – http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/
Products Page – http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/
Images Indexed By Date – http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling
NRL Home Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/
NRL Products Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/proddemo.htm
HYCOM Home Page – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/
Satellite Products Page- http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat_products.html
Data Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/archdat/
Multi-view – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat-bin/global.cgi
Navel Coasal Ocean Model – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/
FTP Page – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/Links/
FTP Page Global – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/Links/glb/
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC):
Home Page – http://nsidc.org/
FTP Page – http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/
Regional FTP Page – ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02186/plots/
Data Search Page – http://nsidc.org/searchlight/
University of Bremen:
Home Page – http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/eng/
Sea Ice Page – http://iup.physik.uni-bremen.de:8084/ssmis/
International Arctic Research Center/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (IARC-JAXA)
Home Page – http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/
FTP Page – http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) – Lance Modis
Home Page – http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagery/
Rapid Response Satellite Page – http://earthdata.nasa.gov/data/near-real-time-data/rapid-response
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Climate Data Center
Home Page – http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
Public FTP Page – http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Weather Service – Environmental Modeling Center
Home Page – http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/
Sea Ice Analyses Page – http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/seaice/Analyses.html
Public FTP Page – ftp://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/
Sea Ice FTP Page – ftp://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/ice/
Regional Arctic Sea Ice FTP Page – ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02186/plots/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Ice Center:
Home Page http://www.natice.noaa.gov/mission.html?bandwidth=high
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Weather Service NOAA Arctic Cam Page:
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
Home Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/
Physical Sciences Division (PSD) Products Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/products/
Physical Sciences Division (PSD) Data Data Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/
Physical Sciences Division (PSD) Data Maps Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) – Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ROOS):
Home Page – http://arctic-roos.org/
Sea Ice Charts – http://arctic-roos.org/observations/satellite-data/sea-ice/ice-area-and-extent-in-arctic
Norway Meteorological SAF Sea Ice:
http://saf.met.no/p/ice/index.html
Washington University North Pole Environmental Observatory:
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/
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