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National Ice Center. The Nation’s and the DOD’s Single Inter-agency for Operational Ice Analysis and Forecasting. National Ice Center History. 1950s - Navy commenced global sea ice services 1956 - National Weather Bureau and U.S. Navy Fleet Weather Central
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National Ice Center The Nation’s and the DOD’s Single Inter-agency for Operational Ice Analysis and Forecasting
National Ice Center History 1950s - Navy commenced global sea ice services 1956 - National Weather Bureau and U.S. Navy Fleet Weather Central collocated in Suitland (FOB #4) 1960s - NOAA commenced Alaskan & Great Lakes advisories 1976 - Navy/NOAA Joint Ice Center formed Navy-NOAA MOA 1995 - National Ice Center formed - Navy, NOAA, & U.S. Coast Guard MOA as Annex to Navy-NOAA Umbrella MOA – Inter-agency
COMMANDANT United States Coast Guard Commander Fleet Forces Command OPERATIONS Directorate (G-0) National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service Operations Policy Directorate (G-OP) Commander Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command Office of Navigation Aids (G-OPN) Office of Satellite Data Processing & Distribution Naval Oceanographic Stennis Space Center, MS Icebreaking & Ice Operations (G-OPN-1) National Ice Center NAVICECEN National Ice Center NATIONAL ICE CENTER/NAVAL ICE CENTER NOAA National Ice Center
NIC Customers NIC CUSTOMER BASE DOD SUBFORCE INTEL (ONI/N23) ARMY/AIR FORCE MARINE CORP METOC/OTSR Army Corps Eng PENTAGON Camp David/SITE R NOAA NWSFOs NWS MODELS NMFS NSIDC NCDC NODC NGDC Public Interest DHS/USCG ICEBREAKERS - Polar (CGHQ) - Great Lakes (D9) - Ches/Del Bays (D5) SECURITY MARINE SAFETY IIP (Mar -Aug) OTHER NSF NASA RESEARCH ACADEMIA *INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL Commercial users(NIC products on WWW): Oil, Transportation, Tourism, Fishing Fleets, Minerals
Sea Ice Products:the NIC Process QuickSCAT Foreign Ice Charts DMSP OLS Models/ PIPS 2.0 Gerson AVHRR NIC Ice chart 80-90 GB data per day Ice Recon RADARSAT DMSP SSM/I
Annotated Imagery Products Ice Drift 20-30 NM/Week
Automated Ice Edge • Final Product Comprised of: • SSMI NASA Team II • QuikScat Integrated along with Imagery • Value-added ice edge from NIC analyst (if available) • Backfill of SSMI ice concentrations Automated chart (SSM/I J019) compared to the analyst derived chart for the same day.
North American Ice Service National Ice Center and Canadian Ice Service
Questions? NOAA Satellite Operations Facility Opening September 2005