Improving Arctic sea ice edge forecasts by assimilating high resolution VIIRS sea ice concentration data into the U.S. Navy’s ice forecast system

Ole Martin Smedstad1, Pamela G Posey2, David A Hebert3, William Johnston4, Li Li4, Jackie C May5 and Michael Phelps6, (1)John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (3)Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (4)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (5)Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, United States, (6)Jacobs Technology Inc., Stennis Space Center, MS, United States