Summary: | The paper gives an overview of the sea ice product portfolio and their status in the OSI SAF. The ice edge, concentration and type products are shortly described. Emphasize are put on the distribution of the products and evaluation of their quality. Test products that also are daily available, ice type from QuikScat and ice concentration from AMSR, are briefly presented. Further the paper present three ongoing development activities on sea ice in the OSI SAF: use of ASCAT for ice edge and ice type, new ice drift products and reprocessing of sea ice products.
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