Transcript The North American Ice Service: Canada

The North American Ice Service
Update
Michael Manore, CIS
CDR Paul Stewart, NIC
Objectives
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Combine strengths of each centre
Offer an integrated ice information service for North
America
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Optimize resources of both countries, reduce duplication
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highest possible quality and consistency
single point-of-access to users
data access, production processes, system development, training,
science, etc.
Built around a common “public” suite of products
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each centre still able to service their special clients independently
(e.g. U.S. Navy, Canadian Coast Guard)
Vision for 2010-2015
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Common access to all data
Fully-integrated production processes
Full daily suite of ice products
over North American waters
Common branding of NAIS
products
Migration:
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from pre-formatted chart products
to spatial databases of past, present and future states of ice
Customer interactive “mapping on demand”
FRAMEWORK AND
GOVERNANCE
• Annex to MOU between
NOAA/NESDIS and MSC
“Cooperation in Environmental
Data Acquisition and Utilization”
• Governance through Joint Ice WG
• Co-Chairs
• Technical Committees
• Operations
• Information Technology
• Science
NAIS AGREEMENT SIGNED
MONTREAL, 27 JUNE, 2003
PROGRESS TO DATE
Great Lake Harmonization
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Joint 30-day forecast and Outlook
Common Climatology
Coding and chart standardization
Personnel cross-training
FECN11 CWIS 031800
THIRTY DAY FORECAST FOR THE
GREAT LAKES FOR MARCH ISSUED
JOINTLY BY THE CANADIAN ICE
SERVICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AND THE U.S. NATIONAL ICE CENTER
OF THE UNITED STATES ON 03
MARCH 2004.
Lake Superior
Above to much above normal temperatures
prevailed over the entire area during the last half of
February. Ice extent and concentrations were less
than normal over the entire lake.
Forecast ice conditions from March 3rd to March
15th.
Temperatures will be slightly above to above
normal during the first half of March.
Eastern Chart by NIC
Western Chart by CIS
NEXT STEPS
• NAIS identity
• Operations
• Arctic 2004
• Seasonal Outlook
• Joint production of Charts
• data supply arrangements
for Envisat, RADARSAT-2
• IT
• data and meta-data standards
• web presence
• IMS web server
• Science
• confirm common science plan
• long-term emphasis on modeling
and DA
NIC 1 of 7 Arctic charts
CIS 1 of 3 regional
Arctic charts
CIS Organizational Changes
2003
John
Wayne
Mike
Falkingham
Manore
Lumsden
A/Director
Director
Caroline Scharf
Administration
Awtar
Mike Manore
Koonar
A/Informatics
Bob Zacharuk
Field Services
John
GuyFalkingham
Stogaitis
Forecast
A/Forecast
Operations
Operations
Mike Manore
Strategic
Planning
Bruce
Mike
Manore
Ramsay
Tom Carrieres
Applied
Science
A/Applied
Science
CIS Organization
April 2004
Mike Manore
Director
Caroline Scharf
Administration
Bob Zacharuk
(almost vacant)
Field Services
(Vacant)
Informatics
John Falkingham
Forecast
Operations
(Vacant)
Applied
Science
NIC Organization
April 2004
Paul Seymour
Command Technical
Advisor
CDR Paul Stewart
Director
Mike Van Woert
Chief Scientist
Sharolyn Young
Deputy Dirertor
LT Kelly Taylor
Operations Officer
Semeon Sertsu
IT Officer
LT Towanda Street
Science Officer