Advanced methods of marine radio communication in the Arctic

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Main Author: Suslov, A N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/539/1/012142; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/539/1/012142/pdf; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/539/1/012142

Abstract At present the Arctic Ocean is considered to become in the nearest future the most attractive territory for many industrial companies that are mining oil and gas throughout the World at the continental shelf. Also Arctic sea routes considerably save time for overseas transport back and forth from Asia to the Europe. At the same time navigation in the Arctic is the process that involves a lot of risk. That’s why the radio communication in the Arctic is supposed to be the tool which is extremely crucial to provide the safety of life in the polar seas. At present the international marine community as well as international academic community strongly supports the idea that GMDSS equipment doesn’t provide the high efficiency of radio communication in the polar waters and it must be considerably improved in the nearest future. The new methods of marine radio communication in the Arctic must be based on the updated structure of receiver equipment which provides considerable noise suppression. The structure of GMDSS equipment to be used to improve the efficiency of communication in severe High North conditions must also include auxiliary subsystem that gives the forecast of radio wave propagation for the short-term time interval.