Metadata East Arctic Regional Seas 05 April 99 Kara Sea (70E-95E): Kara South: Area between 69N and 75N and between 55E and 70E analyzed using RADARSAT image w_RS1_19990403023537.075.SCW.WIDE2.2.img. Area between 68N and 75N and between 55E and 70E analyzed using DMSP OLS visible image f13.99094.0357. Area between 70N and 75N and between 60E and 80E analyzed using DMSP visible image f13.99095.0853. Ice thicknesses determined from theoreticals, climatology, and ice drift. Summary (Kara South): 50% RADARSAT, 50% OLS-visible. Kara North: Area between 74N and 82N and between 72E and 100E analyzed using DMSP OLS infrared image f13.99095.0853. Ice thicknesses determined from theoreticals, climatology, and ice drift. Summary (Kara North): 100% OLS visible Barents Sea (0-70E): Barents North: Area between 73N and 79N and between 38E and 60E analyzed using RADARSAT image w_RS1_19990404035603.075.SCW.WIDE2.2.img. Area between 74N and 78N and between 10E and 25E analyzed using RADARSAT image w_RS1_19990403060630.075.SCW.WIDE2.2.img. Area between 74N and 78N and between 20E and 30E analyzed using RADARSAT image w_RS1_19990405050756.SCW.WIDE2.2.img. Area between 72N and 78N and between 13E and 32E analyzed using w_RS1_19990404053707.SCW.WIDE2.2.img. Area between 74N and 77N and between 15E and 30E analyzed using RADARSAT image w_04-05-1999DRA_9994.T153305.img. Area between 76N and 82N and between 5E and 30E analyzed using DMSP OLS visible image f13.99095.0853. Area between 78N and 82N and between 45E and 65E analyzed using DMSP OLS visible image f13.99095.0853. Area between 72N and 78N and between 35E and 50E analyzed using DMSP OLS visible image f13.99096.0514. Area between 76N and 82N and between 5E and 30E analyzed using DMSP OLS visible image f13.99096.0653. Area between 76N and 82N and between 5E and 30E analyzed using DMSO OSL visible image f13.99097.1332. Generalized edge and ice concentrations checked against DMSP SSM/I ice concentrations from 05 April 1998. Ice thickness determined from theoreticals, climatology, and ice drift. Summary: 40% RADARSAT, 50% OLS, 10% SSM/I. Barents South: Area between 69N and 71N and between 52E and 60E analyzed using RADARSAT image w_RS1_19990403023537.075.SCW.WIDE2.2.img. Area between 66N and 72N and between 40E and 51E analyzed using RADARSAT image w_04-04- 1999DRA_9993.T142006. Area between 68N and 73N and between 40E and 50E analyzed using RADARSAT image w_RS1_19990404035737.075.SCW.WIDE2.2.img. Area between 67N and 72N and between 35E and 50E analyzed using DMSP OLS visible image f13.99096.0514. Ice edge and general ice concentrations checked against DMSP SSM/I ice concentrations from 05 April 1999. Ice thicknesses determined from theoreticals, climatology, and ice drift. Summary: 50% RADARSAT, 50% OLS-visible. White Sea: Area north of 66N from RADARSAT image 9904041420Z. Area west of 43E from OLS image 990961345Z. Fast ice along W-NW shore from OLS image 990960346Z. Summary: 95% OLS, 5% RADARSAT Baltic Sea: Area east of 20E from OLS image 990950359Z. 61N to 63N from OLS image 990951357Z. Area north of 63N from OLS image 990950358Z and 990941228Z. Area south of 59N estimated from Swedish Ice Anal of 6 Apr 99. Summary: 95% OLS, 5% estimated. Canadian Archipelago (80W-95W): Area south of 77N was analyzed using visible OLS imagery from f1399095.1226, f13990952223. Area north of 80N was analyzed using f1399096.00002 visible OLS imagery. Remainder of the area analyzed using current weather, theoretical ice thickness, and climatology. Summary: 70% OLS, 30% estimated. Baffin Bay/Davis Strait: Entire area north of 60N analyzed using OLS from 03, 04, 05, and 06 Apr 99. Remainder estimated through thin cloud cover and used SSMI, drift vectors, weather, and theoretical thicknesses. Summary: 90% analyzed, 10% estimated. Labrador Sea: Analyzed using OLS from 03, and 04 Apr 99 from 55N-58N. Estimated remainder by through cloud analysis, SSMI, drift vectors, and CIS 04 Apr 99 anal. Summary: 65% analyzed, 35% estimated. Gulf of St. Lawrence: Utilized CIS 04 Apr 99 anal, which incorporated radarsat, recon, and AVHRR from 03, 04 Apr. Summary: 100% analyzed. Grand Banks of Newfoundland: Utilized CIS 04 Apr 99 anal. Summary: 100% estimated. Summary: Hudson Bay: Area south of 60N was analyzed using Avhrr imagery from the 199990950012 12 lhrr 15b4.img, and OLS visible imagery from f1399094.2057, f1399092.2302. North of 62N was analyzed with OLS visible imagery f1399092.2302 and f1399095.1226. Remainder of the area analyzed using current weather, theoretical ice thickness, and climatology. Summary: 90% OLS, 10% estimated. Foxe Basin: Area north of 75N analyzed with visible OLS imagery f1399095.1226. Area south 0f 62N was analyzed using visible OLS imagery f1399092.2115. Remainder of the area analyzed using current weather, theoretical ice thickness, and climatology. Summary: 90% OLS, 10% estimated. Greenland South/Southwest: Dera RadarSat image 9993.1921 used to analyze from the coast south to 65N, between 25W-35W. The 100% boundary between 37W-42W analyzed using OLS 096.1140. The remainder of the area analyzed using SSM/I from 07 April 99, climatology, meteorolgy, and ice drift. Summary: 20% RadarSat, 10% OLS, 70% estimated Greenland Central: Scoresby Sound analyzed using Dera RadarSat 99951823 and Ols 096.1140. The remainder of the area analyzed using SSM/I from 07 April 99, climatology, meteorolgy, and ice drift. Summary: 15% RadarSat, 10% OLS, 75% estimated Greenland North: Fast ice along the coast analyzed using OLS 095.0853. The 100% boundary analyzed using OLS 99096.0653. The remainder of the area analyzed using SSM/I from 07 April 99, climatology, meteorolgy, and ice drift. Summary: 40% OLS, 60% estimated