Cryosphere
Cryospheric variables include sea ice concentration, sea ice thickness, snow cover, glacier extent, and more. Overview pages summarize and compare selected datasets of a given variable.
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Climate datasets
![From Petty et al. (2020); provided by Rachel Tilling](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-08/Petty_snippet.png?itok=tTodpOxT)
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While satellite observations of sea ice extent and concentration are available from 1979, long-term high quality (daily and high spatial resolution) observations of sea ice…
Experts contributing reviews
- Labe, Zachary | Tilling, Rachel
![Daily Arctic sea ice volume from PIOMAS for each year from January 1, 1979 to November 30, 2022 using shades of blue to red in sequential order for every line. The decadal averages are annotated on the right side. (contributed by Z. Labe)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023-08/SIV_PIOMAS.png?itok=sDtDYeKF)
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The Pan-Arctic Ice-Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS) is a reanalysis data set that uses a coupled ice and ocean model to provide daily and monthly estimates of…
Experts contributing reviews
- Labe, Zachary