Monitoring of Sea Ice Concentration, Area, and Extent in the polar regions : 40+ years of data from EUMETSAT OSI SAF and ESA CCI

• Main Authors: Lavergne, Thomas, Sørensen, Atle, Tonboe, Rasmus, Strong, Courtenay, Kreiner, Matilde, Saldo, Roberto, Birkedal, Anton, Baordo, Fabrizio, Rusin, Jozef, Aspenes, Trygve, Eastwood, Steinar
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Sea Ice Concentration; Climate Data Records; EUMETSAT OSI SAF; ESA CCI; Microwave Radiometry; GLOC 2023; Essential Climate Variable; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10014535

This conference paper shortly describes version 3 of the Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) Climate Data Records (CDR) from EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facillity (OSI SAF) and ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI). The four CDRs and ICDRs covered in the paper are : OSI-450-a : SIC CDR (1978 – 2020) released by OSI SAF, 25 km, based on SMMR, SSM/I, and SSMIS. 10.15770/EUM_SAF_OSI_0013 OSI-430-a : SIC ICDR (2021 onwards) processed by OSI SAF based on SSMIS. Extends OSI-450-a. 10.15770/EUM_SAF_OSI_0014 OSI-458 : SIC CDR based on AMSR-E (2002 – 2011) and AMSR2 (2012 – 2020). 25 km. 10.15770/EUM_SAF_OSI_0015 SICCI-HR-SIC : SIC CDR (1991 – 2020) released by ESA CCI, 12.5 km, based on SSM/I and SSMIS. 10.5285/eade27004395466aaa006135e1b2ad1a Paper originally presented at the IAF Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2023), 23-25 May 2023, Oslo, Norway. https://www.iafastro.org/