ICEMON benefits

1.Establish international platforms and interfaces for data input, and data and product distribution
• Heterogeneous data formats is a barrier for efficient exchange of data
2.Coordinated acquisition of EO data among the service providers
3.Establish an ICEMON EO data policy and price policy

4. Make in situ data available through the ICEMON interface
• In situ data is often limited to an organisation or country due to the cost of collecting the data
• If in situ data would be made available to all users, there would be a lot more possibilities for data and product validations

5.Heterogeneous products and quality of products
• With more EO data available outputs could be more fixed and quality of products could increase
6.Efficient distribution of products from providers to users
• Products adapted to off-the-shelf clients 7.Streamlined access to databanks
• An ICEMON “common” databank in cooperation with international institutions (like Global Digital Sea Ice Databank) could provide needed data for offline purposes, like climate or environmental change