Arctic Sea Ice

Arctic Sea Ice extent is a “hot” topic in Alaska for climate scientists, subsistence hunters, and resource developers. Axiom Data Science and the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) serve multiple sources of sea ice data:

• Historical Sea Ice Atlas (AOOS, ACCAP, SNAP)
• NSIDC Sea Ice Concentration
• Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent (MASIE)
• Daily National Weather Service Sea Ice Forecast
• Weekly Shell Ice and Weather Advisory Center (SIWAC)
• Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP) Historical Estimates and Projections of Sea Ice Concentration
• Multiple models that include sea ice layers, including NCEP, PMEL, and CLIVAR

Shell has withdrawn operations from Alaska, but not before making their full-resolution SIWAC ice maps available to Axiom Data Science. The AOOS Ocean Data Portal is the only access point for SIWAC full-resolution sea ice maps, and now includes maps through October 2015.