Sea Ice Motion in the Arctic Ocean Switchyard

The daily fields cover the period of October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2008. They are on a 100km resolution grid in SSMI x/y coordinates, from the North Pole down to the Canadian Archipelago and Greenland coasts, between 0 degrees longitude and 120 degrees west longitude.

These ice motion vectors provide measurements of ice circulation and flux in the switchyard region, showing the balance of the sea ice flow going into the Fram Strait and exiting the Arctic Ocean and that flowing toward the Beaufort Sea and remaining within the Arctic system.