Polar View: Innovative Information Services to Support Navigation in Ice-Infested Waters

Polar View comprises a global network of scientists, private sector organizations and government agencies from 17 countries that have formed a strategic partnership to implement sustainable monitoring services for the world’s polar regions. Relying primarily on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery, Polar View’s comprehensive portfolio of services provides vital information to a wide range of user communities concerned with safe shipping, marine operations, environmental protection, sustainable economic development and climate change adaptation. Emphasizing the delivery of tactical ice information in near real-time, Polar View services fill critical information gaps and complement products and services available from other sources, such as national ice services. One of the largest users of satellite imagery in the world, Polar View ingests approximately 6,800 high-and medium-resolution satellite images per year, together with daily passive microwave and global mode SAR datasets, to generate more than 4,700 map products, 50,000 image sub-sets and 15,000 global monitoring products. Users are central to the success of Polar View, and the continued expansion of the Polar View network is a direct result of the high level of user engagement achieved and a worldwide growing interest in Polar View services. Core users of Polar View services include governmental organizations with international, national, regional and local responsibilities, as well as commercial and not-for-profit private sector organizations. These core user bodies represent a much larger group of end users that benefit directly from the services, such as ships and offshore facilities operating in ice infested waters. Due to the network’s growing reputation among polar stakeholders, Polar View is playing an increasingly important role in defining and promoting standardization and best practices across all components of its service portfolio.

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  http://www.poac.com/Papers/POAC11_80-192.zip
• Summary URL:
  http://www.poac.com/PapersOnline.html
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions (POAC).
• Corporate Authors:

  Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC)

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• Authors:
  • Puestow, T M
  • Power, D
  • Adlakha, P
• Conference:
  • 21st International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC'11)
  • Location: Montréal , Canada
  • Date: 2011-7-10 to 2011-7-14
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: POAC '11: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
• Serial:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions
  • Publisher: Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC)
  • ISSN: 0376-6756
  • EISSN: 2077-7841
  • Serial URL: http://www.poac.com/PapersOnline.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial satellites; Climate change; Monitoring; Navigation; Polar regions; Real time information; Sea ice; Sustainable development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Synthetic aperture radar systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Marine Transportation; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01563222
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: POAC11-157
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 18 2015 11:00AM