International ice patrol applied oceanography

Abstract

The International Ice Patrol is using side-looking airborne radar for improved iceberg detection and to observe ocean surface features; is applying current velocity and sea surface temperature data from satellite-tracked oceanographic drifters; has begun using aircraft-launched expendable bathythermograph (AXBT) probes; and is using a satellite infrared imagery interpretation system. The International Ice Patrol is striving to improve the quality and quantity of environmental data collected on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The data are used by US Navy and Canadian environmental forecast centers to provide input data for the Ice Patrol's iceberg drift and deterioration prediction models.<>