Areas covered by ice at least once per year during the period from 2005 to 2009.
Ice coverage is a static layer, just for reference.
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This layer is not available in the North Sea Edition.
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FMI, HELCOM retrieved from HELCOM, on 2017-10-05
"Baltic Sea Ice maximum 2005 to 2009" and "Baltic Sea Ice minimum 2005 to 2009"
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)
2013-02-13 (for both layers)
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.
The Ice Coverage layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.
This layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.
This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.
This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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