Ice type maps for Hornsund, Svalbard, 1.2012-6.2023

The dataset contains 2639 maps of ice type distribution in Hornsund fjord at 50 m resolution for the period of 2012-01-02 to 2023-06-29. The maps are based on binary maps available in the PANGAEA repository [1, 2]. For binary mapping see [3]. The pixel values of the ice type maps indicate: 0 = open water, 1 = drift ice, 2 = fast ice, 3 = glacier ice, 7 = uncertain, 8 = masked, 9 = landmask.

[1] Swirad, Z. M., Johansson, A. M., and Malnes, E.: Ice distribution in Hornsund fjord, Svalbard from Sentinel-1A/B (2014–2023), PANGAEA [data set], https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963167, 2023.

[2] Swirad, Z. M., Johansson, A. M., and Malnes, E.: Ice distribution in Hornsund fjord, Svalbard from RADARSAT-2 (2012–2016) [dataset], PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.969031, 2024a.

[3] Swirad, Z. M., Johansson, A. M., and Malnes, E:. Extent, duration and timing of the sea ice cover in Hornsund, Svalbard, from 2014–2023, The Cryosphere, 18, 895–910. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-895-2024, 2024b.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
GCMD keywords
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE URL: https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/860e2af9-ce29-4f3f-b027-ae3747eb3e01
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE URL: https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/d73e969a-4b66-4713-8d63-fa3cbb1e25e3
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICESEA ICE/OCEAN CLASSIFICATION URL: https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/dc2d2e73-4028-41d2-96f9-0b800fa95ea4
Dataset Center https://zenodo.org/
Maintainer
Dataset PI
  • PI name: Zuzanna Swirad PI email: zswiradfoo(at)igf.edu.pl PI ORCID: 0000-0002-3592-9739 PI Institution: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences PI Department: Department of Polar and Marine Research
Dataset Owner
  • Owner name: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences Owner PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996625337 Owner address: Ksiecia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa, Poland
Licence Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Dataset status Complete
Activity type
  • maps
  • remote sensing measurements
Access constraint Open
Embargo
Dataset modified 2025-06-12
Metadata created 2026-02-25
Quality statement Not quality controlled
Quality Editor
  • Editor name: TBD
Spatial distribution { "coordinates": [ [ [ 15.487554, 77.006787 ], [ 15.884959, 77.006787 ], [ 15.884959, 76.941605 ], [ 15.487554, 76.941605 ], [ 15.487554, 77.006787 ] ] ], "type": "Polygon" }
Region Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Hornsund
Start time 2012-01-02 01:00 CET
End time 2023-07-01 01:59 CEST
Dataset citation Swirad Z.M. 2025. Ice type maps for Hornsund, Svalbard, 1.2012-6.2023 (v1.0). Zenodo.
Dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15647080
External resource
  • Resource URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15647080
Publication
  • Publication title: Swirad Z.M., Johansson A.M. & Malnes E. 2026. Distribution of landfast, drift and glacier ice in Hornsund, Svalbard. The Cryosphere 20(1): 113-134. Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-113-2026
Project
  • Project title: Wave energy delivery to the shores of Hornsund fjord, Svalbard Project ID: UMO-2021/40/C/ST10/00146 Project description: This study focuses on modelling wave energy delivery to the shores of Hornsund, a ~300 km2 fjord of SW Spitsbergen, Svalbard, through 1) a fjord-scale modelling of wind wave transformation that incorporates the role of sea ice in wave attenuation, and 2) a beach-scale empirical modelling of water level maxima. The overall goal is to understand how changing climate, namely sea ice decline and increasing storminess, impacts Arctic shores, and to predict shoreline water levels at present and in future Project homepage: https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/en/index.php?projekt_id=509796 Project financing institution: National Science Centre, Poland
  • Project title: HIRLOMAP: High resolution and local sea ice product generation for arctic operations Project ID: 4000146036/24/I-DT-bgh Project description: To address the Arctic operations priority area within the ESA’s SUP Initiative we established the project HIRLOMAP. Our focus is towards (a) tactical product delivery (sea ice maps, short-term forecasts of ice conditions, simulations of ice dynamics) for detailed local analysis in the vicinity of a vessel or offshore structure to support immediate operations or operation planning, (b) extending detection capabilities to smaller icebergs and more detailed ice type / open water separation for route planning, (c) providing local charts of fast and fjord ice conditions to local communities for evaluations of the safety of on-ice travels, and (d) monitoring of coastal sea ice for research on coastal erosion and flooding. The required product coverage is tens of kilometers with the highest possible spatial resolution between 5 and 50 meters. For the project we use data from SAR, optical and thermal satellite sensors. Project homepage: https://uit.no/project/hirlomap Project financing institution: European Space Agency