Technical Information

• Baltic Sea Ice Code (BSIC)
• International Station Network for Ice Reports in BSIC
  • Tabular form of national fairway sections and areas
  • Geographical 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 PDF in English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Polish and Russian
  • Baltic terms II PDF in English, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian and Swedish
  • WMO Nomenclature I, terms and description, many languages
  • WMO Nomenclature II, PDF, fewer languages but with annotated glossary and description of sea ice symbols

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