Area of ice cover

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Term: Area of ice cover
Definition: The ratio in percent of the ice cover area to the total sea area or some geographical area at a specific moment of time. This local may be global covering an area of the seas of the entire hemisphere or some part of an ocean or a sea, for example such as Baffin Bay or the Barents Sea.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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