BackForward Variable: Sea-ice temperature

Definition
Full name Sea-ice temperature
Definition Sea-ice temperature measured at defined vertical levels in the ice and any snow on the ice, including the temperature at the ice and snow surfaces. 
Measuring Units K Uncertainty Units K
Horizontal Res Units m Vertical Res Units
Stability Units K (Stability /decade)

 

Comment: By convention, levels are referenced to the surface of the sea ice, with positive values indicating levels above, and negative values indicating levels below the surface of the sea ice.
Last modified: 2026-01-09
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: No
Classification
  • Domain: Ocean
    • Sub-domain: Sea Ice
      • Variable: Sea-ice temperature
        • Measured in Layers:
          • Sea surface

Requirements defined for Sea-ice temperature  (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, threshold orange
Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red

Id Variable Layer App Area ATP Uncertainty Layer/s Quality Coverage Quality Stability / decade Hor Res Ver Res Obs Cyc Timeliness Coverage Conf Level Val Date Source General Comment Application Area Comment Horizontal Coverage Comment Observation Comment Performance Comment
10 Sea-ice temperature Sea surface CLIC (deprecated) 1 K
1.3 K
2 K 		100 m
200 m
500 m 		12 h
15 h
24 h 		24 h
30 h
2 d 		Global ocean reasonable 1998-10-29 WCRP
294 Sea-ice temperature Sea surface 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring 0.5 K
1 K
4 K 		5 m
15 m
250 m 		60 min
3 h
12 h 		6 min
30 min
6 h 		Global ocean reasonable 2009-02-10 John Eyre
372 Sea-ice temperature Sea surface 2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction 0.5 K
1 K
4 K 		5 m
10 m
40 m 		60 min
3 h
12 h 		60 min
3 h
12 h 		Global ocean tentative 2011-07-29 JF Mahfouf