Knowledge needs in sea ice forecasting for navigation in Svalbard and the High Arctic

• Main Authors: Veland, Siri, Wagner, Penelope Mae
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Nordlandsforskning 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Norway; Svalbard; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2770806

Two virtual conferences brought together participants from forecasting, operations, climate and sea ice forecasting, economics, and planning. The aim was to better understand user needs in Arctic operations and planning, and more specifically to explore whether the development of sea ice forecasts can be useful for future maritime operations and planning, particularly along the ice edge and marginal ice zone (MIZ). Given the challenges of maritime users often working on multiple temporal and spatial scales at any given time, it is essential that the information providers (researchers, forecasters) understand the difference between the use of products that are appropriate for projections of sea ice extent for future investment and policy, and those that are more suitable for planning and supporting operations (Wagner et al, 2020). The workshops were supported by the Svalbard Strategic Grant SSG, (The Research Council of Norway), with the aim of fostering international cooperation, open sharing of data, coordination of logistics, the use of new technologies, and to reduce the environmental impact of fieldwork. publishedVersion