Florida State University
Department of Oceanography
Argo: Southern Ocean Float Tracking & Deployment

Sea Ice Information












Sea ice map calculated from AMSR-E data using the ARTIST sea ice algorithm (ASI 5). Kaleschke, L., Lüpkes, C., Vihma, T., Haarpaintner, J., Bochert, A., Hartmann, J., Heygster, G.(2001). SSM/I sea ice remote sensing for mesoscale ocean-atmosphere interaction analysis, Canadian journal of remote sensing, Vol. 27(5), 526-537.


Current sea ice conditions. Updated daily.






Distributed by the Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Germany. Responsible: Gunnar Spreen, Dr. Lars Kaleschke, Dr. Georg Heygster.



Satellite/Sensor information: AMSR-E




SO Sea Ice Information - Bruce Hubers




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