Polar View

Polar View is an international consortium providing a wide variety of earth observation products that monitor the Polar Regions and mid-latitude areas affected by ice and snow. The Polar View team includes government agencies, research institutes, system developers, service providers, and end users from 17 countries. Further information is available at www.polarview.org.Polar View – developed in the Antarctic by an international consortium of sea ice experts – provides a near-real-time sea ice information service for ship operators. The service helps them minimise delays, improve efficiency, and take action to avoid life-threatening safety hazards, damage to vessels and potentially severe consequences for the environment.

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Field Value
Source https://www.polarview.aq/antarctic
Last Updated April 12, 2022, 12:17 (UTC)
Created April 6, 2022, 06:15 (UTC)
Country International
Data Management Others
Data Policy Polar View is a global organization providing leading-edge satellite-based information and data services in the polar regions and the cryosphere. Our services support safe and cost-marine operations, improved resource management, sustainable economic growth and risk protection across sectors and around the world. Using satellite earth observation data, in combination with sophisticated models and automatic tools, the satellite images are converted into products that graphically illustrate the characteristics of the ice and snow on any given day.Our services include enhanced sea ice information (charts and forecasts) as well as ice-edge and iceberg monitoring data. We also provide monitoring services for lake and river ice, snow cover maps and glacier monitoring and assessment.Polar View services are accurate and timely, delivered in real time, with higher resolution and improved spatial and temporal coverage in comparison to what is available from other providers. Our services are unique in that they can be customized to meet user’s needs and combined with other value added data to offer both cost savings and a competitive advantage.
Data Sharing Principle Others
Database Level International/Regional
FIAR No
Host Institute the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission
Opening Degree Open
Organizer the Canadian Space Agency
Region Antarctic and Arctic
Source of Data Policy None
Theme Marine