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

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

3. 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

4. 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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6. Page 6 Ice extent off the East Coast

7. Page 7 Iceberg Detection When sea ice is not present

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

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

11. 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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13. 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

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

15. Page 15 Other Ice Centre’s requirements Finnish Ice Service – 220-250 SAR images between November and May over the Baltic Sea

16. 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

17. Page 17 NIC Northern Hemisphere Global Ice Monitoring

18. Page 18 NIC Southern Hemisphere Global Ice Monitoring and Iceberg Detection

19. Page 19 NIC RADARSAT/ALOS Data Utilization Period Covered CY07-09# of passes/monthFrequency/weekArea Jan 1 - Mar 314 1 Chesapeake Bay Jan 1 - Mar 314 1 New England Jan 1 - Apr 3028 4 Sea of Japan South Jan 1 - Apr 304 1 Sea of J. Far South July 1 - August 3112 2 Baffin Bay Sep 1 - May 1520 3 White Sea Sep 1 - Jun 3036 3 Southern Barents Sea Sep 1 - Aug 1556 4 Kara Sea (Complete) Oct 1 - Aug 3112 2 Ross Sea Oct 1 - Aug 3112 2 Weddell / Bellingshausen Oct 1 - Aug 3112 2 Various Nov 1 - Jun 3056 4 Bering Sea Nov 1 - Aug 3148 3 Chukchi Sea Nov 1 - Aug 3148 4 West Arctic Basin Nov 1 - Aug 3132 4 Beaufort Sea Nov 1 - Aug 3112 2 Northern Sea Route AND remainder of Arctic Nov 1 - Aug 3116 2 East Greenland Sea South of Fram St. Nov 15 - May 114 2 Cook Inlet Nov 15 - May 1520 3 Sea of Japan North Nov 15 - Jul 120 3 Sea of Okhotsk Nov 26 - May 1544 3 Great Lakes Dec 1 - Apr 720 2 Yellow Sea Jan 1- Dec 31 (ALOS acquisitions)56 Daily Alaska Mask

20. Page 20 Norwegian Ice Service Year-round ice service East Greenland to Novaya Semlya. Main focus around Svalbard - 250-300 RADARSAT scenes. Fram Strait - 50 RADARSAT scenes Fram Strait and the Barents Sea – 150 Envisat scenes

21. 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