Table 2. Egg Codes for Forms of Ice (Fx 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 |
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U.S. National Ice Center |