1. 1 National Ice Center The United States’ sole interagency center for operational sea ice analysis and forecasting

2. 2 A Unique National and Navy Asset Leveraging DOC (NOAA), DOT (USCG) and DOD (NAVY) Resources Commerce, Navigation & Asset Management in Alaska, Great Lakes, Ches/Del Bays Internationally Recognized Role in Antarctic Iceberg Detection &Tracking Ice Data Analysis & Visualization Supporting Climate Initiatives RADARSAT Order Desk for NOAA Through NESDIS National Ice Center

3. 3 U.S.’s Goals for IICWG Jointly lobby funding agencies for operational applications component to major research efforts Digital exchange of ice charts in near-real time Easy access to worldwide Ice Charts through a transparent interface Continued access to affordable sources of data Collaborative training programs Sharing of technology as allowed Influence international standards for ice chart archiving and metadata creation

4. 4 New Initiatives at NIC Products are first vector files, then raster files –.E00 is primary file structure –JPEG of “Egg Chart” and colored Total Thickness Upgrade of System Science and Applied Technology Department –Chief Scientist, 3 visiting scientists –Scientific programmer, August 00 –Selection of two new post-docs, Sept. 00 Computer Based Training Dedicated effort to convert remainder of legacy data EWG data released 12-13 Oct at Arctic Council Meeting

5. 5 Ice 21 GIF chart/static JPEG derived from Vector data, customer has a choice

6. 6 NIC System Upgrade Objectives Automatically detect & process incoming raster and vector data Provide analysts with a completely integrated remote sensing and GIS package Facilitate the transition of R&D products Develop data model Move to user defined products (dynamic vice static) Three phases, Ingest, Analysis, Distribution

7. 7 ARKTOS SAR segmentation and attribute extraction Ancillary data Dempster- Shafer classification Application of rules MY FY NI OW UN

8. 8 JPL Polarimetric C-band radar JPL Ku-band radar CIS multi-channel radiometer 1. On ice measurements (along track and by helicopter) 2. Backscatter from C- and Ku-band radars 3. Brightness temperature from multi- channel radiometer Cruises scheduled for 2001-2005 Healy Validation Cruises

9. 9 QuikScat Polar Images Daily and twice-daily images are being operationally produced H pol

10. 10 Legacy Data: From Paper to Digits Mission Planning Operations Long Term Climate Monitoring Arctic Research Programs 7.5 man-years to convert remainder of the data

11. 11 IHO Marine Information Objects WG IHO Colors & Symbols WG IHO Transfer Standard Maintenance & Applications Development WG Committee for Hydrographic Requirements for Information Systems Committee Neil Guy Committee for Hydrographic Requirements for Information Systems Committee Neil Guy International Maritime Organization (adopted IHO standards & will reflect changes) International Electrotechnical Commission (approval for display testing) Civil Mariners - S57 format US DoD ECDIS standards - VPF format Oceanographer of the Navy National Imagery & Mapping Agency for mapping standards NATO - WECDIS Standards Bodies (ECDIS & ECDIS-N) All U.S military services

12. 12 Ice Standards Subgroup on Sea Ice JCOMM Technical Commission WMO/IOC WMO Executive Council makes recommendation to Congress WMO Congress Adopts Standards and changes regulations Standards Bodies (Ice Codes)