Real-time data

Real-time data of river and lake ice thickness.
Citizen Scientist Data

Snow and ice observations collected by community-based monitoring teams.
Advanced Ice Portal

Data access to all Fresh Eyes on Ice datasets and more.
Ice Phenology

Data tracking seasonal changes of river and lake ice during freeze-up and break-up.
Historical Data

Historical datasets & archives.
Outside Data

Data from outside sources.

The Fresh Eyes on Ice project is centered on data collection to:

inform decision making and safety
understand northern ecosystems and how they are changing,
provide stakeholders the opportunity to learn about and contribute to ice science

Primary ice data of interest is simply ice thickness and how this changes over time on rivers and lakes including when if forms and melts or breaks up. Data is also collected about bedfast ice (when water bodies freeze solid to shallow lake- or river-beds), snow cover on ice, and ice conditions such as overflow. Using a combination of satellite remote sensing, in situ real-time sensors and cameras, and field measurements, along with historic records and sometimes models, we strive to represent ice conditions at relevant scales in time and space.