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  2. Canadian Ice Service - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Ice Service (CIS) is a division of the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), which is a branch of Canada's Department of the Environment and Climate Change. [1] The CIS is the leading authority for information about ice in Canada's navigable waters. [ 1 ]

  3. International Ice Charting Working Group - Wikipedia

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    The International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) was formed in October 1999 to promote cooperation between the world's ice centers on all matters concerning sea ice and icebergs. [ 1 ] Member Organizations

  4. International Ice Patrol - Wikipedia

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    The Ice Patrol disseminates information on icebergs and the limit of all known sea ice via radio broadcast from the U.S. Coast Guard Communications Command (COMMCOM) located in Chesapeake, Virginia via Inmarsat Safetynet, and radio facsimile chart. Ice Patrol information is also available via internet access. 2002 changes to SOLAS requires ...

  5. Laurentide ice sheet - Wikipedia

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    The Laurentide ice sheet (LIS) was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the Northern United States, multiple times during the Quaternary glaciation epochs, from 2.58 million years ago to the present.

  6. Ice navigation - Wikipedia

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    Ice navigation occurs wherever a waterborne vessel transits through sea ice.One of the more common regions for ice navigation is the Baltic Sea, where vessels visiting the Baltic States will make their way through first year ice in the winter months, often with an icebreaker, or with ice reports, charts and data provided by meteorological offices.

  7. RADARSAT - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Ice Service (CIS) is one of the largest processors of the RADARSAT data. [10] Once the CIS has processed the data at the Canadian Center for Data Processing (CCTD) in Gatineau, Quebec, it is then provided to clients such as the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG). Since RADARSAT data is readily available in near-real time, it is one of the ...

  8. List of meteorology institutions - Wikipedia

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    Canadian Meteorological Centre; Environment and Climate Change Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Ice Service; United States: National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Severe Storms Laboratory; National Climatic Data Center; National Weather Service

  9. List of icebreakers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold .