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American sector
European sector
  Ice concntr, edge pos
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Validation of sea ice concentration - European sector

Bulletin date: 2025-09-11

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

Model vs. observations, sea ice class contingency tables

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
...date precedes bulletin

Date: 2025-09-07:

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 88816 2797 16 5 4 0 0 0
OW 2681 551 120 144 21 0 0 0
VODI 1066 70 91 381 115 5 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 190 1543 441 5 0
CDI 0 0 0 1 426 1452 129 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 14 416 1362 0
...date precedes bulletin

Date: 2025-09-09:

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 88857 2782 20 3 1 0 0 0
OW 2611 474 148 86 23 0 0 0
VODI 1148 19 55 486 163 0 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 101 935 233 4 0
CDI 0 0 0 0 542 2438 127 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 5 346 1255 0
...date precedes bulletin

Date: 2025-09-11:

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 88742 2745 10 7 0 0 0 0
OW 2517 485 118 133 23 0 0 0
VODI 1257 44 91 541 152 0 0 0
ODI 0 0 1 112 769 178 0 0
CDI 0 0 0 1 404 1772 124 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 22 992 1622 0
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88742 2707 15 8 0 0 0 0
OW 2520 519 109 130 25 0 0 0
VODI 1254 48 95 499 121 0 0 0
ODI 0 0 1 155 779 175 0 0
CDI 0 0 0 2 416 2061 214 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 29 706 1532 0

Date: 2025-09-13:

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 87102 4162 82 27 0 0 0 0
OW 2456 411 115 178 19 0 0 0
VODI 1339 47 63 402 260 4 0 0
ODI 0 0 2 67 419 358 2 0
CDI 0 0 0 2 230 1857 137 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 4 1116 2001 0
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 87108 4146 81 32 0 0 0 0
OW 2459 413 112 171 18 0 0 0
VODI 1330 60 64 398 223 0 0 0
ODI 0 1 5 70 442 333 1 0
CDI 0 0 0 5 248 2098 212 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 1 904 1927 0

Date: 2025-09-15:

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 88568 2892 20 9 0 0 0 0
OW 2357 243 142 117 5 0 0 0
VODI 1443 2 25 327 130 0 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 47 334 11 0 0
CDI 0 0 0 2 296 2530 73 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 13 1126 2146 4
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88570 2783 34 28 0 0 0 0
OW 2406 323 95 175 47 0 0 0
VODI 1392 29 52 282 298 10 0 0
ODI 0 2 6 13 282 426 4 0
CDI 0 0 0 4 128 1880 135 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 23 1351 2080 4

Date: 2025-09-17:

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 88445 2906 43 10 0 0 0 0
OW 2332 193 91 137 36 0 0 0
VODI 1479 4 33 199 234 8 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 30 237 85 2 0
CDI 0 0 0 0 110 1890 201 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 2 1267 2589 299
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 88509 2897 84 74 0 0 0 0
OW 2430 186 52 165 173 7 0 0
VODI 1317 16 26 124 290 76 1 0
ODI 0 4 4 10 113 372 59 0
CDI 0 0 1 3 42 1313 255 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 1 1482 2477 299

Date: 2025-09-19:

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 87574 3437 87 53 0 0 0 0
OW 2299 191 81 109 69 9 0 0
VODI 1517 4 36 163 215 58 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 11 241 116 0 0
CDI 0 0 0 1 90 1053 416 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 1 1937 2734 360
observations
Ice free Ice free
near MIZ
OW VODI ODI CDI VCDI
near MIZ
VCDI
m
o
d
e
l
Ice free 87635 3418 128 180 81 2 0 0
OW 2391 193 39 52 218 77 0 0
VODI 1364 20 32 80 207 103 4 0
ODI 0 1 5 23 83 250 39 0
CDI 0 0 0 2 26 740 451 0
VCDI 0 0 0 0 1 2001 2656 360


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