Sea ice monitoring and forecasting

Chart-diagram of the information receiving zones over the Arctic Ocean area from meteorological satellites of the NOAA and EOS series at the operating ground-based stations. RADARSAT-1 SAR data are being received in Moscow. This year the possibility to receive SAR data (direct downlinking) will be provided in Magadan and Khabarovsk Satellite data of various spectral ranges and spatial resolution

Example of a weekly ice chart posted at the AARI Internet site

Ice charts for the Arctic seas Winter (a) and summer (b) weekly ice charts for the Barents Sea. These ice charts are available to any user but due to the time delay cannot be used for operational support of ice navigation along the NSR. a) b)

AARI WEB site page for the selection and downloading of ice information from the archive

Detailed ice charts are used to support ice navigation and other activity in the ice covered seas

Other oceanographic data sources Polar stations Icebreakers Research vessels Buoys North Pole stations Terminals Platforms

NStationSiteNStationSite Lat., N Long., ELat., N Long., E 1.Barentsburg Kolguyev Sev Polyarnoye Bugrino Teriberka Indiga Kharlov Island Sengeisky Shar Svyatoy Nos Khodovarikha Tsyp-Navolok Cape Konstantinovsky Morzhovets Varandey Kanin Nos Beliy Nos Mikulkin M. Karmakuly At present 38 Russian hydrometeorological stations function at the coast and islands of the Kara and Barents seas. The stations of the Barents Sea region are listed below

Forecast of mean daily drift of sea ice for Up to 6 days in advance

Forecast chart for currents and level elevation, September 07, 2006, Up to 6 days in advance

Forecast of wave height for western part, Up to 6 days in advance

Forecast of wave height for the eastern part , Up to 6 days in advance

Forecast of height of significant waves, Up to 3 days in advance

Forecast of wind wave height and direction, Up to 3 days in advance (forecast is and for swell)

Forecast of wind wave period Up to 3 days in advance (forecast is and for swell)

Integrated system that allows users to exploit multiple data sets, generated according to agreed- upon standards to facilitate exchange and use in applications Links between the observing system and users are transparent Gives users ability to “one stop shop” from many different sources Integrated Data System Data & Products Data Sources End Users System that provides data products according to agreed-upon standards and formats for multiple uses Was elaborated for the COOS. Could it be used for the Arctic GOOS?

Scientific Oversight Local cluster Regional cluster Global cluster Users; Providers; Archive; Backup IODE / JCOMM Data collation Establish standards QA/QC Data flow monitoring Data dissemination Synthesis & Products Provision of data & products to Local & Regional clusters Data collation QA/QC Timely Data dissemination Synthesis & Products Migrate to Global cluster Data flow monitoring Provision of data & products to Local cluster Data Collection QA/QC Fast delivery (data dissemination) Migrate to Regional cluster Was elaborated for the COOS. What cluster the Arctic GOOS is??

Data Policy (COOS) The coastal GOOS data policy will be consistent with the GOOS design principles, the IOC data policy (IOC Resolution 1.9, 1961), and the policy of free exchange of meteorological data (at the cost of retrieval only) of World Weather Watch and WMO (WMO Resolution 40). Accordingly, the coastal GOOS data policy will be based on the following guidelines:  Full and open sharing and exchange of coastal GOOS relevant data and products for all users in a timely manner at the lowest possible cost.  Coastal GOOS will utilize the existing infrastructure of JCOMM and IODE, and will work collaboratively with these and other regional bodies to ensure the dissemination of coastal GOOS data in a timely manner. The basic premise will be to build on the existing infrastructure as required, and the Data and Information Management Strategy and Plan of GOOS, to meet the enhanced and new requirements of coastal GOOS.  Preservation of all coastal GOOS data, through the existing system of IODE data centres and WDCs. If no suitable data centre exists for a specific set of data, such centres should be established as appropriate in consultation with IODE.  As part of the end-to-end data and information framework, all coastal GOOS data sets should have one or more designated custodians, who have the capacity and responsibility for long-term data archival, and provision of data access as required, as well as for generating selected sets of standard products. Furthermore, the coastal GOOS data management and communications subsystem will be implemented in a manner consistent with that of GOOS (Wilson and Hood 2001). What Arctic GOOS DATA POLICY should be and Will BE???