Climate model initialization V2

This report describes the final results of the work performed in Task 6.1, which has the main goal of improving the skill of climate predictions, investigating the benefits related to the exploitation of INTAROS data. An extended version of the report will be completed ultimo November, including enhanced analysis, summary and recommendations.
A key ingredient to skillful seasonal-to-decadal climate prediction is the use of high-quality observational data, that cover a sufficiently long period, typically at least a few decades to test robustly their impact. This emphasizes the need - from a user perspective - to sustain and continue the production of the various Arctic observation products.
The works in Task 6.1 made use of three different datasets produced in INTAROS, namely CERSAT sea-ice concentrations, C2SMOS sea-thickness, and Arctic-HYCOS river discharges