Table 2. Egg Codes for Forms of Ice (F_x Codes)

Forms of Sea Ice

Code Figure

New Ice (0-10 cm)

X

Pancake Ice (30 cm - 3 m)

0

Brash Ice (< 2m)

1

Ice Cake (3 - 20 m)

2

Small Ice Floe (20 - 100 m)

3

Medium Ice Floe (100 - 500 m)

4

Big Ice Floe (500 m - 2 km)

5

Vast Ice Floe (2 - 10 km)

6

Giant Ice Floe (> 10 km)

7

Fast Ice

8

Ice of Land Origin

9

Undetermined or Unknown
(Iceberg, Growlers, Bergy Bits)

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