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All-weather ice information system for Alaskan arctic coastal shippingA near real-time ice information system designed to aid arctic coast shipping along the Alaskan North Slope is described. The system utilizes a X-band Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) mounted aboard a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130B aircraft. Radar mapping procedures showing the type, areal distribution and concentration of ice cover were developed. In order to guide vessel operational movements, near real-time SLAR image data were transmitted directly from the SLAR aircraft to Barrow, Alaska and the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Glacier. In addition, SLAR image data were transmitted in real time to Cleveland, Ohio via the NOAA-GOES Satellite. Radar images developed in Cleveland were subsequently facsimile transmitted to the U.S. Navy's Fleet Weather Facility in Suitland, Maryland for use in ice forecasting and also as a demonstration back to Barrow via the Communications Technology Satellite.
Document ID
19770014844
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gedney, R. T. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Jirberg, R. J. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Schertler, R. J. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Mueller, R. A. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Chase, T. L. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Kramarchuk, I. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Nagy, L. A. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Hanlon, R. A. (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, 1977
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
E-9108
NASA-TM-X-73619
Meeting Information
Meeting: Ann. Offshore Technology Conf.
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: May 2, 1977
End Date: May 5, 1977
Accession Number
77N21788
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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