All-weather ice information system for Alaskan arctic coastal shipping

• Main Authors: Nagy, L. A., Gedney, R. T., Hanlon, R. A., Chase, T. L., Kramarchuk, I., Schertler, R. J., Mark, H., Jirberg, R. J., Mueller, R. A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY; Arctic; Icebreaker Glacier; Barrow; glacier; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19770014844

A 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...