C-ICE 2001

Updated 2001-04-20

The Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment (C-ICE) is a multi-year field experiment that incorporates many individual projects, each with autonomous goals and objectives. The science conducted has directly evolved from research relating to one of four general themes: i. sea ice energy balance; ii. numerical modeling of atmospheric processes; iii. remote sensing of snow covered sea ice; and iv. ecosystem studies.

This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

http://umanitoba.ca/ceos/

Comments and additional information:

Annual Data reports will be available on our web site. www.umanitoba.ca/ceos CEOS is the Centre for Earth Observation Science at the University of Manitoba

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1995 -
Data collection: 1995 -
Data processing: 1995 -
Data reporting: 1995 -

Contact information

Contact person: David R. Mosscrop
Address: Department of Geography Isbister Bldg 183 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
Phone: +1 204 474 6603
Fax: +1 204 474 7699
Email: ac.abotinamU@porcssoM_divaD
Other project contacts: Director of CEOS Dr. David G. Barber Department of Geography University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Tel: (204) 474-6981 Fax: (204) 275-8481 Email: dbarber@ms.umanitoba.ca

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Climate change effects

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Algae (algae, phytoplankton)

Ice/snowpack

Precipitation/snow

Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

Our group measures energy balance parameters. Cloud observations Micro (passive and active) imagery (SSM/I and Radarsat) AVHRR

Geography

Regions studied: Marine TDC
Other areas: Arctic Archipelago
Stations or areas where observations are made: Truro Island at latitude 75o14.686’N and longitude 97o09.207’W

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: yes-partly

Data centres: Atmospheric TDC; Marine TDC

If no (or only part of data are reported to a TDC), where and how are (other) data stored?

We hold a two year moritorium on new data. Most of the archived data is in CD-ROM format

References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports

Yearly Data Reports are produced.

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: Yes
Other institutes involved in the project: Several agencies have contributed to the success of this C-ICE field campaign. These include the Polar Continental Shelf Project (EMR) for logistical field support; The Canadian Ice Service (CIS), Environment Canada for logistical field support and RADARSAT data; the Meteorological Service of Canada/CRYSYS (MSC), Downsview Ontario; the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (ADRO) for RADARSAT data, NRCan, Ottawa Ontario; the Northern Studies Training Program (NSTP); a NASA grant to Dr. David. Barber for ERS-2 and RADARSAT data through the Alaska SAR Facility (ASF); a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) grant and an Office of Naval Research (ONR) grant, each to Dr. Barber. Thanks also to the University of Manitoba, especially the Department of Geography for their ongoing support of this research. NASA Japan (at times)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: CRYSYS part of NASA Climate Change Program