Technical Information

• Baltic Sea Ice Code (BSIC)
• International Station Network for Ice Reports in BSIC
  • Tabular form of national fairway sections and areas
  • Geograhical distribution of fairway sections and areas
    • Denmark
      • Baltic Sea ⓘ
      • Kattegat ⓘ
    • Estonia ⓘ
    • Finland
      • Bay of Bothnia ⓘ
      • Sea of Bothnia ⓘ
      • Archipelago Sea ⓘ
      • Gulf of Finland ⓘ
    • Germany
      • North Sea ⓘ
      • Baltic Sea ⓘ
    • Latvia ⓘ
    • Lithuania ⓘ
    • The Netherlands ⓘ
    • Norway
      • North Sea ⓘ
      • Skagerrak ⓘ
    • Poland ⓘ
    • Russia ⓘ
    • Sweden
      • Bay of Bothnia ⓘ
      • Sea of Bothnia ⓘ
      • Baltic Proper ⓘ
      • Kattegat ⓘ
• Sea Ice Terminology
  • Baltic terms I in English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Polish and Russian
  • Baltic terms II in English, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian and Swedish
  • WMO Nomenclature I, terms and description, many languages
  • WMO Nomenclature II, fewer languages but with annotated glossary and description of sea ice symbols

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