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April 30 - 02 May 2002 US - Canada Joint Ice Working Group.

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1 April 30 - 02 May 2002 US - Canada Joint Ice Working Group

2 Highlights From 2002-2003 2002 Meeting in Falmouth/Woods Hole, MA Focus on North American Ice Service (NAIS) Guest speaker: RADM (Ret) Richard Pittenger, USN (Ret.), VP for Marine Operations, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) “Ice Capable Research Vessel.” Tour of WHOI “Iceberg Smith” Presentation

3 Operations Committee Highlights Product Harmonization - Analyses/Outlooks/Fcsts Exchange of Personnel for Training/Orientation Presentation to Ray Assel – Great Lakes Environmental Engineering Laboratory (GLERL) for New Climatology Implementation of IICWG Colour Code. Implementation of IICWG SIGRID-3 Format..

4 Information Technology Highlights Complete Conversion to Internet for Data Transfer Database on Great Lakes Freezing Degree Days Conversion of Imagery Data to Common Format Initiated Discussions of Architecture/Data Model Established Mechanisms for Regular Exchange of Information Between Centres on System Architecture, Hardware, and Software Developments in Each Centre.

5 Science and Remote Sensing Highlights Two meetings of NIC and CIS science groups in addition to JIWG. Priorities and areas of mutual interest identified. QuikScat: exchange of information on algorithm development and validation studies. C-ICE: NIC participation in CIS field experiment to collect data on the strength of decaying sea ice. NIC attendance at CIS sponsored polarimetry tutorial and workshop. Implementation at NIC of CIS developed false color SSM/I ice classes. NIC/CIS participation in NASA Data Assimilation Workshop to stress importance of data assimilation to operational sea ice analysis.

6 Iceberg Committee Highlights Renew agreement between USCG IIP and CIS. Develop and implement a plan to verify the new iceberg drift and deterioration model. ––using drifting buoys? dyeing icebergs? Develop protocol/procedure to implement SOLAS reg.6, Chap 5 (2002 changes) on cost recovery IIP aircraft visit to Ottawa (May 29-31) for technical exchange, media exposure for the collaborative activities of the JIWG

7 June 25 – 27, 2003 US-Canada Joint Ice Working Group Montreal, Quebec, Canada


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