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American sector
European sector
  Ice concntr, edge pos
  Contingency tables
Asian sector

Validation of sea ice concentration - European sector

Bulletin date: 2025-08-28

Data source: OSI SAF N.H. AMSR sea ice concentration

Model vs. observations, sea ice class contingency tables

Date: 2025-08-22:

Best estimate Forecast
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 87178 3994 25 6 0 0 0 0
OW 2475 465 134 131 1 0 0 0
VODI 1305 29 68 338 189 6 0 0
ODI 0 0 2 85 1563 831 9 0
CDI 0 0 0 3 482 1931 606 0
VCDI 0 0 0 3 7 206 790 0
...date precedes bulletin

Date: 2025-08-24:

Best estimate Forecast
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 86982 4166 30 20 0 0 0 0
OW 2539 501 90 101 11 0 0 0
VODI 1271 59 96 305 191 1 0 0
ODI 0 0 2 104 1684 729 15 0
CDI 0 0 0 0 464 1996 399 0
VCDI 0 0 0 2 9 59 1036 0
...date precedes bulletin

Date: 2025-08-26:

Best estimate Forecast
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 87995 3377 28 12 0 0 0 0
OW 2577 362 132 101 3 0 0 0
VODI 1183 13 64 348 122 1 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 93 1926 422 0 0
CDI 0 0 1 11 570 2389 255 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 5 179 693 0
...date precedes bulletin

Date: 2025-08-28:

Best estimate Forecast
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 87972 3298 26 21 1 0 0 0
OW 2582 395 125 121 2 0 0 0
VODI 1178 48 93 356 133 4 0 0
ODI 0 0 3 89 1794 643 3 0
CDI 0 0 1 18 801 2354 337 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 0 167 297 0
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 87972 3245 29 30 2 0 0 0
OW 2582 435 110 102 4 0 0 0
VODI 1178 60 105 364 139 4 0 0
ODI 0 1 3 91 1548 452 4 0
CDI 0 0 1 18 1035 2589 338 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 3 123 295 0

Date: 2025-08-30:

Best estimate Forecast
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88463 2561 19 24 0 0 0 0
OW 2500 542 71 101 11 0 0 0
VODI 1325 187 148 339 88 4 0 0
ODI 0 0 5 205 2007 511 11 0
CDI 0 0 0 11 742 2112 591 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 0 31 253 0
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88525 2528 20 34 0 0 0 0
OW 2568 549 69 87 12 0 0 0
VODI 1195 211 146 352 97 3 0 0
ODI 0 2 8 196 1655 460 17 0
CDI 0 0 0 11 1084 2119 563 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 0 76 275 0

Date: 2025-09-01:

Best estimate Forecast
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88534 2639 20 10 0 0 0 0
OW 2635 692 199 128 7 0 0 0
VODI 1171 4 41 549 109 3 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 163 2232 272 1 0
CDI 0 0 0 13 548 1657 122 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 0 177 936 0
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88577 2396 20 12 0 0 0 0
OW 2576 593 73 91 15 1 0 0
VODI 1187 331 140 303 61 5 0 0
ODI 0 15 27 417 1538 477 30 0
CDI 0 0 0 40 1279 1490 742 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 3 136 287 0

Date: 2025-09-03:

Best estimate Forecast
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88709 2569 21 6 2 0 0 0
OW 2711 695 171 125 25 0 0 0
VODI 1025 29 78 504 86 0 0 0
ODI 0 0 3 341 1814 585 16 0
CDI 0 0 0 18 309 1456 110 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 3 241 1210 0
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88669 2196 16 5 3 0 0 0
OW 2597 693 92 65 26 0 0 0
VODI 1179 377 123 301 71 1 0 0
ODI 0 27 42 519 1215 627 54 0
CDI 0 0 0 103 912 1488 663 0
VCDI 0 0 0 1 12 166 619 0

Date: 2025-09-05:

Best estimate Forecast
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88716 2697 33 15 7 0 0 0
OW 2710 646 161 107 26 0 0 0
VODI 1026 48 81 424 112 1 0 0
ODI 0 0 4 233 1692 652 2 0
CDI 0 0 0 7 227 1354 183 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 5 510 1183 0
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88663 2161 19 2 4 0 0 0
OW 2592 801 81 66 36 0 0 0
VODI 1197 395 131 248 76 0 0 0
ODI 0 34 48 439 1148 552 41 0
CDI 0 0 0 31 800 1714 535 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 5 251 792 0


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