Monday, August 31, 2015

Better daily sea ice forecasts for the Arctic

Ice experts have developed a straightforward new technique for estimating sea ice concentration in the Arctic Ocean, and the new method improves the US Navy's short-term sea ice forecast of ice edge location by almost 40 percent. With shipping on the rise in the Arctic Ocean, improving these short-term forecasts makes navigating in Arctic waters safer.

from Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1EvBu1h
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