national ice center the nation’s and the dod’s single inter-agency for operational ice analysis...
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National Ice CenterNational Ice Center
The Nation’s and the DOD’s Single Inter-agency for Operational Ice Analysis and Forecasting
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 formedNavy-NOAA MOA
1995 - National Ice Center formed - Navy, NOAA, & U.S. Coast GuardMOA as Annex to Navy-NOAA Umbrella MOA – Inter-agency
National Ice Center HistoryNational Ice Center History
NATIONAL ICE CENTER/NATIONAL ICE CENTER/NAVAL ICE CENTERNAVAL ICE CENTER
NAVICECENNAVICECENNational Ice CenterNational Ice Center
Naval OceanographicStennis Space Center, MS
CommanderNaval Meteorology &
Oceanography Command
Commander Fleet Forces Command
Icebreaking & Ice Operations (G-OPN-1)
Office of Navigation Aids (G-OPN)
Operations PolicyDirectorate (G-OP)
OPERATIONSDirectorate (G-0)
COMMANDANTUnited States Coast Guard
National National Ice CenterIce Center
NOAA
Office of SatelliteData Processing& Distribution
National EnvironmentalSatellite, Data &
Information Service
National National Ice Ice
CenterCenter
NIC CUSTOMER BASE
DOD
SUBFORCEINTEL (ONI/N23)
ARMY/AIR FORCEMARINE CORPMETOC/OTSR
Army Corps Eng
PENTAGONCamp David/SITE R
NOAA
NWSFOsNWS MODELS
NMFSNSIDCNCDCNODCNGDC
Public Interest
DHS/USCG
ICEBREAKERS- Polar (CGHQ)
- Great Lakes (D9)- Ches/Del Bays (D5)
SECURITYMARINE SAFETY
IIP (Mar -Aug)
OTHER
NSFNASA
RESEARCHACADEMIA
*INDUSTRY
INTERNATIONAL
NIC CustomersNIC Customers
Commercial users(NIC products on WWW): Oil, Transportation, Tourism, Fishing Fleets, Minerals
Sea Ice Products:Sea Ice Products:the NIC Processthe NIC Process
DMSP OLS
Ice Recon RADARSAT DMSP SSM/I
NIC Ice chart
80-90 GB data per day
Foreign Ice Charts
QuickSCAT
AVHRR
Models/PIPS 2.0Gerson
Automated Ice EdgeAutomated Ice Edge
Automated chart (SSM/I J019) compared to the analyst derived chart for the same day.
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