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 beprovided in Magadan and Khabarovsk

Satellite data of various spectral ranges and spatial resolution

Example of a weekly ice chart posted at the AARI Internet sitehttp://www.aari.nw.ru/clgmi/sea_charts/sea_charts.html

Ice charts for the Arctic seasWinter (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.www.aari.nw.ru/clgmi/sea_charts/north/a_seas.asp

a) b)

AARI WEB site page for the selection and downloading of ice information from the archivehttp://www.aari.nw.ru/clgmi/sea_charts/sea_charts.html

Detailed ice charts are usedto support ice navigation andother activity in the icecovered seas

Other oceanographic data sources

Polar stations

Icebreakers

Research vessels

Buoys

North Pole stations

Terminals

Platforms

N Station Site N Station Site

Lat., N

Long., E Lat., N

Long., E

1. Barentsburg 78004

14015 10.

Kolguyev Sev. 69032

49005

2. Polyarnoye 69012

33029 11.

Bugrino 68048

49020

3. Teriberka 69012

35007 12.

Indiga 67041

48041

4. Kharlov Island 68049

37020 13.

Sengeisky Shar 68021

50047

5. Svyatoy Nos 68009

39046 14.

Khodovarikha 68056

53046

6. Tsyp-Navolok 69044

33006 15.

Cape Konstantinovsky

68033

55030

7. Morzhovets 66043

42029 16.

Varandey 68049

58001

8. Kanin Nos 68039

43018 17.

Beliy Nos 69036

60013

9. Mikulkin 67048

46040 18.

M. Karmakuly 72022

52042

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 12.09.2006Up to 6 days in advancewww.aari.nw.ru/clgmi/forecast/fc_1.htm

Forecast chart for currents and level elevation , September 07, 2006,Up to 6 days in advancewww.aari.nw.ru/clgmi/forecast/fc_1.htm

Forecast of wave height for western part, 25.10.2005Up to 6 days in advancewww.aari.nw.ru/clgmi/forecast/fc_1.htm

Forecast of wave height for the eastern part 12.09.2006,Up to 6 days in advance www.aari.nw.ru/clgmi/forecast/fc_1.htm

                                         

Forecast of height of significant waves,Up to 3 days in advancewww.aari.nw.ru/pages/lavren/html/wave_forecast_ru.html

Forecast of wind wave height and direction,Up to 3 days in advance (forecast is and for swell) www.aari.nw.ru/pages/lavren/html/wave_forecast_ru.html

Forecast of wind wave periodUp to 3 days in advance(forecast is and for swell)www.aari.nw.ru/pages/lavren/html/wave_forecast_ru.html

• 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 DataSystem

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 / JCOMMData collation

Establish standardsQA/QC

Data flow monitoringData dissemination

Synthesis & ProductsProvision of data & products to

Local & Regional clusters

Data collationQA/QC

Timely Data disseminationSynthesis & Products

Migrate to Global clusterData flow monitoring

Provision of data & products to Local cluster

Data CollectionQA/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???