Global Sea-Ice Analysis System

Environment and Climate Change Canada provides global sea-ice analysis fields produced by its operational Global Deterministic Prediction System (GDPS) and interpolated to a rotated latitude-longitude grid with 0.09 x 0.09 degree resolution. The data files are in NetCDF format (NetCDF-4 classic model) and comply with the Climate and Forecast Conventions. The Global Sea-Ice Analysis System is an analysis system based on 3D-Var assimilation covering all waters (ocean and lakes) at a 10km horizontal resolution on a YIN-YANG grid and using a 6 hours persistence forecast for the background state. This analysis assimilates 4 times a day satellite remote sensing data and Canadian Ice Service ice charts.

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 18:08 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 18:08 (UTC)
contact_email ECWeather-Meteo@ec.gc.ca
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open_canada_date_published 2025-12-03 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["Sea-ice", "Fraction", "Ice", "ocean", "Oceans"], "fr": ["Glace de mer", "Fraction", "Glace", "ocean", "Océan"]}
open_canada_subject ["nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
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title_fr Système d'analyse global de la glace de mer
update_frequency continual