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POLAR VIEW SERVICES
Polar View delivers services that address
both the operational and scientific needs of stakeholder groups who
are interested in issues related to sustainable economic development,
marine safety, and the environment. As a result, stakeholders have better
information for decision making and planning.
Currently, Polar View works with over
60 different user groups, including government departments, scientific
institutes, northern residents, and private sector clients with commercial
interests in the Polar Regions.
Polar View services are offered in the
Arctic and Antarctic, as well as mid-latitude areas with significant
snow and ice across Europe, Russia, Canada, and the North Atlantic.
Polar View services:
- Provide accurate, real-time information
that in many cases is not available from any other source;
- Can be customized to meet users’
needs and combined with other value-added data;
- Offer cost savings over existing
monitoring alternatives;
- Are provided by an experienced
and diverse international network of experts in Earth Observation
and Polar Regions;
- Are built on sound science and
many years of application development, scientific testing, and validation.
Current Polar View service lines include:
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Sea
Ice Monitoring
Polar View's sea ice monitoring
and forecasting service includes a variety of specific technical
products that meet user information requirements regarding timely
data on sea ice and other met-ocean conditions essential for all
types of marine operation in Polar Regions.
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Iceberg
Monitoring
Polar View's iceberg monitoring
service supports safe shipping and offshore operations by providing
near real-time detection of icebergs based on satellite synthetic
aperture radar (SAR) imagery.
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Ice
Edge Monitoring
The ice edge monitoring service
provides up-to-date image maps showing the location of the floe
edge.
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River
Ice Monitoring
Polar View's river ice monitoring
service delivers EO-derived information about the location and
extent of riverine ice covers to decision makers in near real-time.
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Lake
Ice Monitoring
Polar View's lake ice monitoring
service delivers EO-derived information about the location and
extent of ice covers to decision makers in near real-time.
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Glacier
Monitoring
The glacier monitoring service provides
decision support tools for end-users using earth observation (EO)
and numerical modelling solutions.
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Snow
Monitoring
Polar View snow monitoring service
provides daily mapping of the Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) for
Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea Area, and the Snow Covered Area (SCA)
of Central Europe and the Alps.
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Expanding Polar View
Polar View is committed to expanding its
services. If you are interested in starting a new partnership or service
please contact Polar View at +01.709.737.3735
or by email at info@polarview.org.
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