Operational Ice Services SAR coordination meeting St-Hubert, Quebec Darlene Langlois Ice and Marine Services Branch March 6, 2008

Page 2 Overview Services and products Reasons for monitoring: –Sea Ice –Oil pollution –Special projects Data used Satellite ordering Other ice services

Page 3 Ice information in support of: Icebreaking operations Marine Traffic Climate monitoring Weather forecasting Services through: Reconnaissance Applied Science Analysis and Forecasts Product Distribution and Archive Services Provided

Page 4 Products –Bulletins (short and long range), Warnings, Ice Edge Analysis –Regional Charts –Seasonal Summaries –Iceberg Analysis and Prediction –Ice Climatology –SAR images needed for: ▪Sea ice detection and classification ▪Iceberg detection ▪Oil spill monitoring ▪Lake freeze-up and break-up ▪Applied Science

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Page 6 Ice extent off the East Coast

Page 7 Iceberg Detection When sea ice is not present

Page 8 Arctic Great Lakes West Coast Gulf Oil Pollution Monitoring EC MA

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Page 10 Satellite Aircraft Other Data Sources Visual, SLAR RADARSAT ENVISAT AVHRR Others Ship Reports Shore Reports Helicopter

Page 11 RADARSAT Data Utilization MonthTotal ImagesIceOil January390 South (daily) / ArcticSouth February420 South (daily) / ArcticSouth March390 South (daily) / ArcticSouth April400 South (daily) / ArcticSouth May400 South (daily) / ArcticSouth June400 South (daily) / ArcticSouth July550 Arctic (daily)south and Arctic August620 Arctic (daily)south and Arctic September510 Arctic (daily)south and Arctic October470 Arctic (daily)South November430 Arctic (daily)South December390 Arctic / SouthSouth annual total 5400

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Page 13 RADARSAT ordering Verify operational requirements for sea ice 3 weeks in advance –Approximately 350 images / month –Covers all ice-covered waters ▪High frequency (daily coverage in active shipping areas) ▪Weekly coverage in archive areas (ie Arctic in the winter) Determine oil pollution partners’ requirements 3 months in advance; –Approximately 100 images per month –Covers non-ice covered waters

Page 14 ENVISAT ordering 35 to 60 images per month Primarily as a “hot” back-up to RADARSAT

Page 15 Other Ice Centre’s requirements Finnish Ice Service – SAR images between November and May over the Baltic Sea

Page 16 U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) Products and Services –Global Ice Analysis –Lake Ice Bulletins and Notice to Mariners –Global Ice Climatology –Global Ice Edge Analysis –Global Ice Edge Monitoring –Global Regional Charts –Seasonal Outlooks and Summaries –15 and 30 Day Forecasts –Southern Hemisphere Iceberg Monitoring –Tailored Annotated Imagery Support

Page 17 NIC Northern Hemisphere Global Ice Monitoring

Page 18 NIC Southern Hemisphere Global Ice Monitoring and Iceberg Detection

Page 19 NIC RADARSAT/ALOS Data Utilization Period Covered CY07-09# of passes/monthFrequency/weekArea Jan 1 - Mar Chesapeake Bay Jan 1 - Mar New England Jan 1 - Apr Sea of Japan South Jan 1 - Apr Sea of J. Far South July 1 - August Baffin Bay Sep 1 - May White Sea Sep 1 - Jun Southern Barents Sea Sep 1 - Aug Kara Sea (Complete) Oct 1 - Aug Ross Sea Oct 1 - Aug Weddell / Bellingshausen Oct 1 - Aug Various Nov 1 - Jun Bering Sea Nov 1 - Aug Chukchi Sea Nov 1 - Aug West Arctic Basin Nov 1 - Aug Beaufort Sea Nov 1 - Aug Northern Sea Route AND remainder of Arctic Nov 1 - Aug East Greenland Sea South of Fram St. Nov 15 - May Cook Inlet Nov 15 - May Sea of Japan North Nov 15 - Jul Sea of Okhotsk Nov 26 - May Great Lakes Dec 1 - Apr Yellow Sea Jan 1- Dec 31 (ALOS acquisitions)56 Daily Alaska Mask

Page 20 Norwegian Ice Service Year-round ice service East Greenland to Novaya Semlya. Main focus around Svalbard RADARSAT scenes. Fram Strait - 50 RADARSAT scenes Fram Strait and the Barents Sea – 150 Envisat scenes

Page 21 Danish Meteorological Institute Greenland area – 500 SAR images / year –Ice charts, iceberg detection –Most for Cape Farewell area –Secondly for Disko Bay area Caspian Sea – 50 SAR images