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Great Lakes all-weather ice information systemA system is described which utilizes an X-band Side-Looking-Airborne-Radar (SLAR) for determining type, location, and aerial distribution of the ice cover in the Great Lakes and an airborne, S-band, short pulse radar for obtaining ice thickness. The SLAR system is currently mounted aboard a U.S. Coast Guard C-130B aircraft. Digitized SLAR data are relayed in real-time via the NOAA-GOES-1 satellite in geosynchronous orbit to the U.S. Coast Guard Ice Center in Cleveland, Ohio. SLAR images along with hand-drawn interpretative ice charts for various winter shipping areas in the Great Lakes are broadcast to facsimile recorders aboard Great Lakes vessels. The operational aspects of this ice information system are being demonstrated by NASA, U.S. Coast Guard, and NOAA/National Weather Service. Results from the 1974-75 winter season demonstrated the ability of this system to provide all-weather ice information to shippers in a timely manner.
Document ID
19750025408
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Schertler, R. J. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Mueller, R. A. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Jirberg, R. J. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Cooper, D. W. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Heighway, J. E. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Holmes, A. D. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Gedney, R. T. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Mark, H. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1975
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-X-71815
Meeting Information
Meeting: Intern. Symp. on Remote Sensing of the Environment
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Country: United States
Start Date: October 6, 1975
End Date: October 10, 1975
Accession Number
75N33481
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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