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14 Cards in this Set
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Where is the naval ice center located?
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Maryland
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Name the 5 AOR of NIC.
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1. Arctic
2. Antarctic 3. Chesapeake Bay 4. Great Lakes 5. 60 degrees north, 60 degrees south |
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Name the two criteria for NIC to track iceberg.
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1. poleward 60N/60S
2. 10nm in length |
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3 primary agencies that produce ice charts
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canadian
swedish danish |
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3 agencies that make up NIC
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coast guard
navy NOAA |
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any crack in ice where underlying water is visible
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fracture
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polynyas
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any non linear area of open water in ice
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lead
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area of water between ice that can be navigated through
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9 forecasting tools used at NIC
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temp
winds surface pressure drift vectors thickness continuity foreign sources buoys in situ obs |
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four types of WMO EGG code
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total concentration
partial concentration stage of development floe size |
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four factors that affect sea ice
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latitude
land sea distro ocean currents winds |
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Ice Birthday northern hemisphere
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Oct 1st
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Ice Birthday Southern Hemisphere
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April 1st
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What is an ice birthday?
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ice that has survived the summer melt
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