Great Lakes all-weather ice information system
- Author:
- Mueller, R. A.
- Published:
- JAN 1, 1975.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Jirberg, R. J., Gedney, R. T., Mark, H., Heighway, J. E., Cooper, D. W., Holmes, A. D., and Schertler, R. J.
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- A system is described which utilizes an X-band Side-Looking-Airborne-Radar (SLAR) for determining type, location, and aerial distribution of the ice cover in the Great Lakes and an airborne, S-band, short pulse radar for obtaining ice thickness. The SLAR system is currently mounted aboard a U.S. Coast Guard C-130B aircraft. Digitized SLAR data are relayed in real-time via the NOAA-GOES-1 satellite in geosynchronous orbit to the U.S. Coast Guard Ice Center in Cleveland, Ohio. SLAR images along with hand-drawn interpretative ice charts for various winter shipping areas in the Great Lakes are broadcast to facsimile recorders aboard Great Lakes vessels. The operational aspects of this ice information system are being demonstrated by NASA, U.S. Coast Guard, and NOAA/National Weather Service. Results from the 1974-75 winter season demonstrated the ability of this system to provide all-weather ice information to shippers in a timely manner.
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- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19750025408.
Accession ID: 75N33481.
NASA-TM-X-71815.
Intern. Symp. on Remote Sensing of the Environment; 6-10 Oct. 1975; Ann Arbor, MI; United States. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
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