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Barrow Sea Ice Data

| Aerial Surveys | Webcam Images | Coastal Radar | Mass Balance Data | Ice cores |
| Ice Thickness Profiles |
Abbreviations: CS = Chukchi Sea; EL = Elson Lagoon; IL = Imikpuk Lake BS = Beaufort Sea

Summary and Metadata

Metadata: an explanation of measurement methods and data formats.

Barrow Summary Data: freeze up, break-up and events from 1986 - present


Aerial Surveys

Aerial surveys hosted by the Alaska Ocean Observing System SIZONET page


Webcam Images:

Current Barrow webcam image

Barrow webcam image archives

Webcam image files housed by the Alaska Ocean Observing System(AOOS)

View a map of all Alaska webcam locations with image files accessible at AOOS

Click here for direct access to image files by GMT time: Barrow = ABCam files
(directory = YYYY/MM/DD/hh)


Coastal Radar

(10-day animations labeled by the start day; "na" denotes data is not available)

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2007-2008

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Mass Balance Data

2009       | Chukchi Sea, all data (4.5 MB ascii) | 2009 metadata |
2008       | Chukchi Sea, all data (9.2 MB ascii) | 2008 metadata |
2007       | Chukchi Sea, all data (37  MB ascii) | Chukchi Sea, 30 min intervals (4.5 MB ascii) | 2007 metadata |
2006       | Chukchi Sea, all data (4.2 MB ascii) | 2006 metadata |
2003-04 | Chukchi Sea |
2002-03 | Chukchi Sea | Elson Lagoon |
2001-02 | Chukchi Sea | Elson Lagoon | Imikpuk Lake |
2000-01 | Chukchi Sea | Elson Lagoon | Imikpuk Lake | Beaufort Sea |
1999-00 | Chukchi Sea | Elson Lagoon | Imikpuk Lake |


Ice Core Data

2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99

Ice Thickness Profiles

2006-07 - to be added -
2005-06 - to be added -
2005-June 1
2005-June 2
2004-May 9
2004-May 11
2004-June 6

Data updated 5 May 2006

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