... Abstract During July 2018, an expedition was carried out offshore northern Newfoundland to central Labrador to profile, track, and forecast the drift of icebergs. One of the central goals of the drift modelling work was to test potential improvements in iceberg drift forecast accuracy up to 24...

... Abstract Objectives/Scope Today's ice information is already outdated the moment it is available, due to sea-ice drift. All Arctic stakeholders are in an urgent need for ice forecasts. Presently there is no high-resolution ice forecast product available on the market. PRIIMA is going...

... weather risk provider for operations in Arctic, and has a strong focus on delivering weather decision support to marine operations. For the end-user performing ice analysis, satellite imagery can be used in addition to information such as local weather forecasts and ice information extracted from...

... drift and deformation; creating a database of besetting events and analysis of the conditions that influence the risk of besetting; hindcasting of ice and other environmental conditions that led to besetting over various geographic regions; and the development of forecasting tools to support offshore...

... Abstract Fog in northern climates and Arctic environs can be a risk to helicopter operations and shipping interests, as are high seas from severe storms that frequent these regions. Visibility conditions and forecasts determine whether helicopters can safely land on offshore facilities...

... Abstract Iceberg drift forecast is a challenging process. Large uncertainties in iceberg geometry and in the driving forces – current, wind and waves – make accurate forecasts difficult. The two forecast schemes, the ancillary current and the inertial current estimation-forecast scheme...

... of weather and ice information in operational situations at high latitudes, from climatic prestudies to the operational phases and all the way through post-operational lessons learned. forecast weather forecasting numerical weather forecast prognosis operation forecast process knowledge...

... Abstract Results are presented from a sea ice forecasting experiment combined with a field campaign undertaken in the Barents Sea in March 2014. The simulations were performed with the regional coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean model HAMMER, recently developed within the project IRO-2 dealing...

... Abstract Accurate and reliable surveillance and forecasting of environmental conditions are necessary for safe and efficient oil and gas activities both onshore and offshore. In the Arctic, environmental challenges include seasonal sea ice and low temperature extremes. In the absence of pooled...

... Abstract Within March 2013 a prototype of an ice route optimization system was tested within a two weeks trial in Barents Sea using research ship Lance. The system is based on two main components, an ice forecast and a route optimization finding the fastest routes through varying ice conditions...

... experienced in an inert ice cover and is reduced by the onset on convergence. This paper presents investigations to reach better understanding of processes generating ice compression by analyzing model forecasting methods and direct field observations. Producing relevant information on compressive conditions...

.... The northern part of the Caspian Sea is prone to sea ice during winter and also Bohai Bay in the Yellow Sea is known for forming sea ice. risk management ice condition forecast ship speed ice thickness ship performance ice condition travel time ice concentration scenario tree waypoint...

... is available to support ice advisory work, generate ice charts, and ice and iceberg drift forecasts. Specialized instruments are available for ice hazard tracking and the safe deployment of these instruments by aircraft and UAVs. This paper describes a toolkit that is being developed to bring together...

..., but they havealso expanded the products available to include very detailed image analysesand tracking of specific ice hazards. At the same time, significant efforts inthe fields of data assimilation and modeling have started producing numericalsea ice analysis and forecast guidance products as part of routine...

... the past 10 years the melting of sea ice has accelerated, and especially during the ice extent minimum in September large reductions have been observed. us government upstream oil & gas forecast danish meteorological institute sea ice classification information offshore technology...

... Abstract In order to collect data in support of weather forecasts, in particular for Polar Lows, two Wavescan metocean buoys were deployed in the western and central Barents Sea. In addition, another buoy was deployed off the northern coast of Norway, the latter buoy also provides data...