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

Ice Drift20-30 NM/Week

Annotated Imagery ProductsAnnotated Imagery Products

Tailored SupportTailored Support

NIC Ice Chart withNIC Ice Chart with Int’l Color Code Int’l Color Code

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

North American Ice ServiceNorth American Ice Service

National Ice Center and Canadian Ice Service

NOAA Satellite Operations Facility

Opening September 2005

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