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Average sea ice conditions, trends, and anomalies. Cryospheric Climate Indicators Climate indicators for soil temperature, snow cover, sea ice, and greenness. State of the Cryosphere/Google Earth Snow and ice as indicators of climate change. More than 3,000 photographic prints of glaciers. |
International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)
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The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 is a international science initiative to observe and research the polar regions. NOAA's Arctic Research Office is contributing to the IPY and to the interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) program with networks for intensive observations of the atmosphere and sea ice and by developing change detection protocols. NOAA@NSIDC will provide limited data management support to NOAA scientists engaged in IPY and SEARCH activities. We are developing Cryospheric Climate Indicators for change detection.
Moored Upward Looking Sonar data are archived and distributed by NSIDC in support of the ACSYS/CliC program.
The International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) was formed in October 1999 to promote cooperation between the world's ice centers on all matters concerning sea ice and icebergs. NOAA@NSIDC works with the Data, Information, and Customer Support Committee for synergy between operational and research sea ice communities.
The Global Digital Sea Ice Data Bank (GDSIDB) at NSIDC and at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, Russia, was established to archive digital operational ice charts from the world's ice services. NOAA@NSIDC focuses on the digitization of historical paper charts, reformatting digital chart data, and developing a new vector format for data products.
NOAA@NSIDC offers Environmental Working Group (EWG) atlases on CD-ROM that contain historical and new information, including some previously classified data. Explore the contents of each atlas to find Russian and Western perspectives on the Arctic climate system, including atmospheric, oceanographic, and cryospheric data, maps, histories, and facts about climate and weather.
The AIDJEX program was the first major western sea ice experiment constructed specifically to answer emerging questions about how sea ice moves and changes in response to the influence of ocean and atmosphere.
Last updated 15 August 2007
