Numerical models for monitoring and forecasting sea ice: a short description of present status

Bertino, Laurent; Heimbach, Patrick; Blockley, Ed; Ólason, Einar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-5-opsr-14-2025

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Ocean prediction: present status and state of the art (OPSR)

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02 Jun 2025

| OPSR | Chapter 5.5

| 02 Jun 2025 | OPSR | Chapter 5.5

Numerical models for monitoring and forecasting sea ice: a short description of present status

Laurent Bertino, Patrick Heimbach, Ed Blockley, and Einar Ólason

Data sets

Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Analysis and Forecast EU Copernicus Marine Service Product https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00004

Sea Ice Thickness derived from merging of L-Band radiometry and radar altimeter derived sea ice thickness EU Copernicus Marine Service Product https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00125

Short summary

Forecasts of sea ice are in high demand in the polar regions, and they are also quickly improving and becoming more easily accessible to non-experts. We provide here a brief status of the short-term forecasting services – typically 10 d ahead – and an outlook of their upcoming developments.