Sea ice products

Product type
Product Identifier Status Satellite input Level Temporal coverage Temporal sampling Spatial coverage Spatial sampling
Near real time product Global Sea Ice Concentration (SSMIS)
OSI-401-d Operational DMSP/SSMIS L3 2005-onwards 1 per day Global 10 km
Near real time product Global Sea Ice Edge
OSI-402-d Operational DMSP/SSMIS, GCOM-W/AMSR-2 and Metop/ASCAT L3 2005-onwards 1 per day global 10 km
Near real time product Global Sea Ice Type
OSI-403-d Operational DMSP/SSMIS, GCOM-W/AMSR-2 and Metop/ASCAT L3 2005-onwards 1 per day global 10 km
Near real time product Global Sea Ice Emissivity
OSI-404-a Operational DMSP/SSMIS L3 2018-onwards 1 per day global 10 km
Near real time product Global Sea Ice Emissivity
OSI-404-b Development DMSP/SSMIS L3 2018-onwards 1 per day global 10 km
Near real time product Global Low Resolution Sea Ice Drift
OSI-405-c Operational DMSP/SSMIS, Metop/ASCAT and GCOM-W/AMSR-2 L3 2009-onwards 1 per day Global 62.5 km
Near real time product Medium Resolution Sea Ice Drift
OSI-407-a Operational Metop/AVHRR L3 2014-onwards 4 per day Northern Hemisphere 20 km
Near real time product Global Sea Ice Concentration (AMSR-2)
OSI-408-a Operational GCOM-W/AMSR-2 L3 2016-onwards 1 per day Global 10 km
Near real time product Level 2 PMW sea ice concentration
OSI-410-a Operational DMSP/SSMIS, GCOM-W1/AMSR-2 L2 2021-onwards Up to 15 per day for each SSMIS, and 30 per day for AMSR-2 Global SSMIS: 25 km, AMSR-2: 10 km
Arctic Sea Ice Extent
Climate product Sea-ice index
OSI-420 Demonstrational SMMR, DMSP/SSM/I, DMSP/SSMIS Indicator 1978-onwards Updated daily Hemispherical and regional
OSI-430-a (complementing OSI-450-a) Operational DMSP/SSMIS from EUMETCast L3+L4 2021-onwards 24 h for the L3/L4 daily files. Monthly for the monthly files and indicator. Global 25 km
OSI-450-a Released SMMR, SSM/I and SSMIS from CM SAF (FCDR R4) L3+L4 1978-2020 24 h (before July 1987: 48 hours) Global 25 km
OSI-455 Released SSM/I and SSMIS from CM SAF R4, AMSR-E (NSIDC) and AMSR2 (JAXA) L3+L4 1991-2020 24 h Global 75 km
OSI-458 Released ASMR-E (NSIDC) and AMSR-2 (JAXA) L3+L4 2002-2020 24 h Global 25 km

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