U' S' COAST GUARD INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL

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U. S. COAST GUARDINTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL

• Objectives
• we hope can be addressed by the
• International Ice Charting Working Group
• October 2, 2000 / Reykjavik, Iceland

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Three Primary Goals

• Improve Expand Delivery of International Ice
  Patrol Products.
• Utilize Cooperation/Partnerships to Improve
  Remote Sensing of Icebergs.
• Establish IICWG as Spokesperson and Advocate for
  ECDIS Ice Data.

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IIP Product Delivery

• The IICWG offers a unique opportunity to monitor,
  measure, expand improve the delivery of all
  International Ice Patrol Products to our
  customer--the North Atlantic Mariner.
• Already seeing success in broadcast of IIP
  products by German Federal Maritime
  Hydrographic Agency.

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Improve Iceberg Detection

• Leverage the cooperation partnerships of the
  IICWG to ensure iceberg detection tracking are
  included and/or furthered in remote sensing
  efforts.
• Canada/U.S. cooperation a model--need to build on
  and expand these successes.

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Ice Information ECDIS

• Establish the IICWG as the subject mater expert
  advising the WMO, IMO and IHO on formatting,
  standards and delivery of ice data to mariners
  for use with Electronic Chart Display and
  Information Systems (ECDIS).

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Summary

• The U. S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol
  has great hope that the Cooperation
  Partnerships fostered by the International Ice
  Charting Working Group will
• Improve/Expand IIP Product Delivery.
• Improve the Detection of North Atlantic Icebergs
  by Satellite or other Remote Sensors.
• Facilitate Future Delivery of IIP Products in an
  ECDIS Compatible Format.