International Ice Charting Working Group: Fourth Meeting

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InternationalIce Charting Working GroupFourth
Meeting

• BSH
• National Ice Center
• Canadian Ice Service
• Danish Meteorological Institute
• Organizing Committee
• Klaus Strübing, BSH Paul Seymour, NIC
• Michael Manore, CIS Keld Hansen, DMI

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Context

• IICWG-1 - Copenhagen 1999
• IICWG-1 - Reykjavik 2001
• IICWG-3 - Tromsø 2002
• IICWG-4 - St. Petersburg 2003
• IICWG-5 - Hamburg 2004
• Committed, voluntary participation perceived
  value
• Achievements
• ongoing, valuable technical coordination and
  exchange
• colour code
• SIGRID-III standard
• iceberg bulletins to Europe
• recognition by WMO JCOMM-ETSI
• focus and coordination of science agenda
• recognition by others as credible federation of
  users (e.g. GMES, national science funding
  agencies, etc.)
• Next Steps
• Exploratory ? Information Exchange ? ..?

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Agenda

• Monday April 19
• Science Workshop
• Tuesday April 20
• Organizational and mission updates
• GMES, GEO, and national ice services
• Presentation to ship operators
• Wednesday April 21 Committee Day
• Standing Committee reports and working sessions
• Changing Arctic Navigation implications of
  climate change
• technical tour Hamburg ship model basin
• Thursday April 22 Rostock Day
• Early experience with Envisat
• Sea ice mapping systems
• technical tour TCC Travemünde
• Conference Dinner en route
• Friday April 23 - Closing
• Standing Committee Reports (follow-up)
• Focused Discussion
• Future Direction of IICWG

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Objectives

• Ongoing update and information exchange
• Clarification of ice service roles in
• GMES
• GEO
• Future role of IICWG
• leverage the credibility of the IICWG
• science funding
• observation systems
• data policy
• IPY
• Recognition and farewell to Klaus!