REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC Season of 2003
Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security will continue to recognize and support the U. S. Coast Guard’s traditional missions like the International Ice Patrol. Pictured on the front cover of this bulletin is the deployment of a Compact Air Launched Ice Beacon (CALIB). IIP...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.423.6864 http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/iip/2003_IIP_Annual_Report.pdf |
| Summary: | Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security will continue to recognize and support the U. S. Coast Guard’s traditional missions like the International Ice Patrol. Pictured on the front cover of this bulletin is the deployment of a Compact Air Launched Ice Beacon (CALIB). IIP deployed this beacon and tracked the iceberg for 13 days. This allowed a comparison to IIP’s present drift model and opened the door for future experiments in 2004. Drift model improvements will better focus reconnaissance efforts and ultimately improve the accuracy of IIP bulletins. Appendix D of this report provides further detail. In 2003, IIP also participated in the Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security (GMES), a joint European Commission and European Space Agency initiative. As part of the Northern View Service Element, IIP worked closely with a Canadian company, C-CORE to evaluate an iceberg detection algorithm for satellite images. Along with validating the accuracy of this algorithm, IIP focused on the mechanics of incorporating this data into IIP’s drift model. The capability to use satellite imagery operationally, while |
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