Monthly Sea Ice Concentration ICDR and Sea Ice Index for September 2024

Due to the period of missing SSMIS data from 20240912 - 20240917 that has been communicated in earlier service messages, we would like to inform users of the monthly product files of the OSI SAF Sea Ice Concentration ICDR product (OSI-430-a) and the Sea Ice Index (OSI-420) for September 2024. Since the products for September will be based on a reduced set of data, and the yearly Arctic minimum/Antarctic maximum happened during (or close to) this period, we ask users to use the products with caution. We especially advise users to be careful using the monthly FastTrack ICDR product and the first estimate of the monthly Sea Ice Index distributed on 1st October, and rather wait for the monthly products based on the nominal ICDR that will be distributed on 16th October.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

OSI SAF sea ice team