Beaufort Sea Ice Page

IMPORTANT NOTICE – DATA OUTAGE: Some images on this page are not being updated by their respective suppliers due to an outage related to the DMSP F17 satellite sensor. NSIDC, NANSEN NORSEX, and Cryosphere Today all have ties to the data produced by this satellite platform, and thus their data plots are not updating. According to the notice left by NSIDC, “NSIDC has no firm timeline on when it will be able to resume providing the sea ice time series.”

In the meantime, the JAXA, U.S.Navy and other sources on this page will continue to update

Sea Ice Area – 1979 to Present

Sea Ice Thickness – Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast in Meters

Arctic Sea Ice Thickness – 30 Day Animation

Arctic Sea Ice Thickness – 365 Day Animation

Sea Ice Concentration – Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast in Meters

Arctic Sea Ice Concentration – 30 Day Animation

Arctic Sea Ice Concentration – 365 Day Animation

Lead Area Opening Rate – Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast

Lead Area Opening Rate – 30 Day Animation

Lead Area Opening Rate – 365 Day Animation

Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift – Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast

Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift – 30 Day Animation

Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift – 365 Day Animation

Compressive Strength – Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast

Compressive Strength – 30 Day Animation

Compressive Strength – 365 Day Animation

Sea Surface Temperature – Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast

Sea Surface Temperature – 30 Day Animation

Sea Surface Temperature – 365 Day Animation

Sea Surface Salinity – Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast

Sea Surface Salinity – 30 Day Animation

Sea Surface Salinity – 365 Day Animation

Source Guide:

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/

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/

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 Coastal 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/