WMO OSCAR | Details for Variable: Sea-ice motion

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Variable: Sea-ice motion

Definition

Full name	Sea-ice motion
Definition	Sea-ice motion
Measuring Units	km*d^-1	Uncertainty Units	km*d^-1
Horizontal Res Units	km	Vertical Res Units
Stability Units	km*d^-1 (Stability /decade)

Comment:
Last modified:	2013-12-03
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis:	No

Classification

Domain: Ocean
- Sub-domain: Sea Ice
  - Variable: Sea-ice motion
    - Measured in Layers:
      - Sea surface

Cross-cutting themes:
- Cryosphere

Used in Application Areas:
- Ocean Applications
- Climate Monitoring (GCOS)

Requirements defined for Sea-ice motion (3)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green and threshold orange

Id	Variable	Layer	App Area	Uncertainty	Hor Res	Obs Cyc	Timeliness	Coverage	Conf Level	Val Date	Source
848	Sea-ice motion	Sea surface	Climate Monitoring (GCOS)	1 km*d^-1	5 km	7 d		Global	reasonable	2019-10-15	GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016)
480	Sea-ice motion	Sea surface	Ocean Applications	1 kmd^-1 3 kmd^-1 5 km*d^-1	1 km 25 km 25 km	24 h 24 h 24 h	3 d 4 d 7 d	Global ocean	tentative	2011-03-07	JCOMM (Ali Mafimbo)
481	Sea-ice motion	Sea surface	Ocean Applications	0.5 kmd^-1 0.5 kmd^-1 0.5 km*d^-1	0.1 km 0.5 km 1 km	24 h 24 h 3 d	24 h 24 h 3 d	Costal areas	tentative	2016-03-22	JCOMM (Guimei Liu)