Ice Coverage

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Ice Coverage

Layer Info
Category	Management
Sub-category	Environmental conditions

Description

Areas covered by ice at least once in the period - maximum, areas covered by ice every year during the period ( 2005-2009)

MSP Challenge

Ice coverage is a static layer, just for reference.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the North Sea Edition.

Types

North Sea types here

Metadata

Data Source

Enter data source for North Sea here.

Original Title

Enter name of the layer at the North Sea source.

Description

Enter the description of the North Sea dataset here.

Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd North Sea

Methodology

Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

Types

• Minimum
• Maximum

Metadata

Data Source

FMI, HELCOM retrieved from HELCOM, on 2017-10-05

Original Title

"Baltic Sea Ice maximum 2005 to 2009" and "Baltic Sea Ice minimum 2005 to 2009"

Description

Both datasets were "compiled by Finnish Meteorological Institute (http://en.fmi.fi/) based on weather service observations on sea ice extent in the Baltic Sea from satellite observations (2005-2009). The maximum ice extent map shows the areas which were at least once covered by ice within the study period. The minimum ice extent map displays the area which was covered by ice in every year of the study period. The maps were derived by digitizing existing ice extent maps to picture format and then to GIS shapefiles. Due to this reason the ice extent area should be considered as indicative especially within coastal areas. For further information, see http://www.iceservice.fi/."

Description retrieved from HELCOM's metadata page for this resource (2021-07-06)

Creation Date

2013-02-13 (for both layers)

Methodology

Both layers were combined in one layer only that depict the maximum and minimum ice coverage. The geometries were simplified to optimise rendering in the game engine.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Types

Clyde Marine Region types here

Metadata

Data Source

Enter data source for Clyde Marine Region here.

Original Title

Enter name of the layer at the Clyde Marine Region source.

Description

Enter the description of the Clyde Marine Region dataset here.

Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Clyde Marine Region

Methodology

Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.

Types

Adriatic Sea types here

Metadata

Data Source

Enter data source for Adriatic Sea here.

Original Title

Enter name of the layer at the Adriatic Sea source.

Description

Enter the description of the Adriatic Sea dataset here.

Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Adriatic Sea

Methodology

Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition.