Validation of sea ice concentration - American sector
 Bulletin date: 2025-08-19
 Data source: OSI SAF N.H. sea ice concentration
 Model vs. observations, sea ice class contingency tables
 Date: 2025-08-19:
 | Forecast | 
 | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 12417 | 3426 | 8 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 109 | 781 | 10 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 87 | 1361 | 59 | 345 | 208 | 51 | 6 | 0 |  
| ODI | 8 | 2682 | 293 | 2091 | 1370 | 533 | 157 | 1 |  
| CDI | 9 | 780 | 97 | 1345 | 2872 | 2547 | 1255 | 26 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 8 | 4 | 232 | 1985 | 5093 | 3096 | 57 |  | 
 Date: 2025-08-21:
 | Forecast | 
 | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 13130 | 5103 | 72 | 240 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 3 | 239 | 11 | 71 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 6 | 505 | 51 | 246 | 172 | 60 | 8 | 0 |  
| ODI | 5 | 3001 | 227 | 1506 | 1219 | 591 | 247 | 0 |  
| CDI | 7 | 991 | 96 | 1279 | 2654 | 2150 | 1656 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 41 | 13 | 352 | 1902 | 4019 | 3643 | 0 |  | 
 Date: 2025-08-23:
 | Forecast | 
 | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 13036 | 5584 | 67 | 309 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 3 | 202 | 12 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 7 | 561 | 27 | 260 | 143 | 55 | 3 | 0 |  
| ODI | 9 | 2973 | 197 | 1312 | 1196 | 526 | 269 | 0 |  
| CDI | 11 | 1085 | 97 | 1298 | 2847 | 2616 | 1209 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 78 | 17 | 424 | 1719 | 4706 | 2583 | 0 |  | 
 Date: 2025-08-25:
 | Forecast | 
 | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 13983 | 4770 | 65 | 274 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 |  
| OW | 6 | 240 | 6 | 45 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 8 | 664 | 28 | 230 | 140 | 40 | 6 | 0 |  
| ODI | 30 | 3072 | 118 | 1230 | 1095 | 576 | 170 | 0 |  
| CDI | 22 | 1157 | 86 | 1297 | 2686 | 2962 | 962 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 158 | 21 | 440 | 1888 | 5359 | 1610 | 0 |  | 
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