An analysis of space scales for sea ice drift
- Ice Centre Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
Sea ice presents a hazard to navigation off Canada`s east coast from January to June. The Ice Centre Environment Canada (ICEC) which is part of the Atmospheric Environment Service monitors ice conditions in order to assist safe and efficient operations through or around the ice. The ice program depends on an advanced data acquisition, analysis and forecasting effort. Support for the latter is provided by kinematic models as well as a fairly simple dynamic sea ice model. In order to improve ICEC`s forecasting capabilities, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) conducts ice modelling research and regular field experiments. The experiments provide a better understanding of the ice and also allow models to be validated and refined. The Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO, part of DFO) regularly deploys beacons on ice floes off the Labrador and Newfoundland coasts. These beacons provide environmental as well as location information through Service ARGOS. Documentation on the accuracy and information of the sensors is documented in Prinsenberg, 1993. The beacon locations are used here to infer an relatively unbiased representation of sea ice drift.
- OSTI ID:
- 467679
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9409461-; TRN: IM9721%%107
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. International conference on air-sea interaction and on meterology and oceanography of the coastal zone, Lisbon (Portugal), 22-27 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]; Related Information: Is Part Of Second international conference on air-sea interaction and on meteorology and oceanography of the coastal zone; PB: 343 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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