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PRE-SEASON ICE MEETING AGENDA

Erick Thibault

Marine Operations Manager Canadian Ice Service

The Canadian Ice Service, is a division of the Meteorological Service of Canada, is the leading authority for ice and iceberg information in Canada's navigable waters.

The Canadian Ice Service's mission is to provide the most accurate and timely information on ice and icebergs in Canada's navigable waters.

Our mandate is broad and of paramount importance. Part of the Canadian economy depends on the accuracy of our data Sometimes lives are at stake

ISS Roles and Responsibilities

The ISS is a bridge between CIS, the GGC and

• ther Stakeholders... He represents CIS in the Ice

Office and on board ships, but he is also the GGC's spokesperson to CIS

Short history of the Ice Services (Forecast side)

• 1954 - Dew Line

Launch of the HMCS Labrador (First built for CCG)

• Spring 1958 - inauguration of the first Canadian ice forecast office –

Sea Ice Central - at HMCS Shearwater (Halifax)

• End of 1958 - Transfer to the Department of Transport
• 1971 - Relocation to Ottawa

Short history of the Ice Reconnaissance Division

• 1957 - Ice Reconnaissance Division was set
• Responsible for collection of most of the ice data used

by the Ice Central for its forecast

• Gathered from aerial reconnaissance (fixed wing and

helicopter) flights, and by ice observers assigned to CCG icebreakers.

• Training of new ice observers was also the

responsibility of this Division.

• Involved in a Working Group for international standard of ice

terminology with the WMO (World Meteorological Organization)

The EGG Code Short history of the Ice Reconnaissance Division

• The Canadian Ice Service submitted a method to portray the ice data on

transmitted charts.

• Tested and accepted by most of the countries where ice covered waters

interfered with commercial shipping , fishing and other marine operations.

Ice Reconnaissance Division NOWADAYS….

• Became the Ice Field Services
• Still working from various plateforms
• Working in CCG facilities
• Involved in various National Defense Projects
• Involved in Shipping Assistance
• Still responsible for the training of new ice observers

within a new training program (APTP-ICE)

Ice Field Services is….

• 8 Active ISS in the field and / or offices
• 9 Trainees actually under APTP-ICE in La Place

Bonaventure

• Expecting being full staff by Janurary 2021
• Expecting a new round of trainnees by 2022

Ice Field Services tools…

• Specialized Softwares:
• ICEggs
• ICEvu
• Ninjo (Weather software)
• Satellite imagery (provided by Ice operation in Ottawa)
• Radasat 2
• Modis
• Sentinel
• Radarsat Constellation (Soon)
• Ottawa Operation
• Daily ice chart
• Ice Forecast
• Briefing
• Ships Report

The tools ISS uses

Visual mapping ICEggs

Share the info!!!

Ice Field Services / CCG Products…

• Ice observation Charts
• Ice Bulletins
• St. Lawrence River
• St. Lawrence Gulf
• Atlantic waters
• Artic
• Great Lakes
• Weather and Ice Briefings to:
• CCG
• Industry
• Public
• Ice routing (with CCG nav officers)
• Gulf recommended route
• Specific route for shipping

Where to get the Products…

• CCG website MARINFO

https://www.marinfo.gc.ca/

This being said…..

Go back to the ICE code... The Eggs and the COLOR CODE Let’s compare…

WMO

Two daily charts for the area…. Be careful with the interpretation…

WMO Colour Code for Stage of Development

• The WMO colour code for stage of development is an

international code that is intended for use when the concentration is relatively uniform, but the stage of development is highly variable (e.g. Atlantic winter).

• No colours are used to indicate differences in the

concentration of the ice.

WMO Colour Code for Stage of Development

WMO Colour Code for Concentration

• The WMO colour code for total concentration is an

international code that is intended for use when the stage

• f development is relatively uniform, but concentrations are

highly variable (e.g. arctic summer).

• No colours are used to indicate differences in the ice stage
• f development.

WMO Colour Code for Concentration

Standard CIS/CCG Colour Code

• The Standard CIS Colour code is intended to assist

navigation decisions in ice infested waters.

• It represents the severity of the ice conditions and is

somewhat similar to a traffic light.

• Colours are used to identify ice concentrations of significant

ice.

Standard CIS/CCG Colour Code

Each partners has a role

That is of what I call: Mutualism It is an interaction between two species, in which the organisms involved both benefit from this relationship. This is referred to as a mutually beneficial interaction.

Accuracy will be improved

… et construirons des ponts

Let’s work together

Thank you

… et construirons des ponts

Let’s work together