International Ice Charting Working Group

Meetings

Eighth IICWG Meeting, October 22-26, 2007

Seventh IICWG Meeting, September 2006

Sixth IICWG Meeting, October 2005

The North American Ice Service hosted the 6th International Ice Chart Working Group Meeting in Ottawa, Canada. The theme of the meeting was:

International Ice Services - The Next Five Years

The meeting was organized by the Canadian Ice Service through a local committee led by Roger De Abreu. It was held from 25-28 October 2005, with an associated IICWG Science Workshop on 24 October. You may download the files below for more information. Also see Standing Committees.

• IICWG 6 First Information Circular (pdf file)
• Invitation from CoChairs R. David Grimes, Meteorological Service of Canada, and Richard M. Barazotto, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (pdf file)
• Participant List (xls file)
• General Meeting Agenda (doc file)
• Interoperable Data Formats - Special Session (see Standing Committee on Data, Information and Customer Support)
• Science Workshop Agenda (doc file)
• General Action Items from IICWG V, Hamburg (doc file)
• Questions for Discussion Regarding Future of IICWG (doc file)
• Action Items (doc file)
• Photographs (Folder of photos provided by Roger DeAbreu)

Fifth IICWG Meeting, April 2004

The fifth meeting of the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) was held April 20-23, 2004, in Hamburg Germany. Additionally, the science workshop, entitled "Information Extraction and Ice Modeling - Steps towards Data Assimilation," was held on Monday, April 19. To access presentations given at the meetings, please see the agendas below.

• Main IICWG Meeting
• Science Workshop
• Photos of Participants (courtesy of Klaus StrŸbing)
• Action Items

Fourth IICWG Meeting, April 2003

The fourth meeting of the IICWG was held in St Petersburg, Russian Federation, April 7-11, 2003. It was hosted by and convened at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) and sponsored by the U.S. National Ice Center, Canadian Ice Service, the U.S. Office of Naval Research Polar Programs, and the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute.

• IICWG IV Web Site at AARI
• Agenda
• Participants
• Photo of Participants (photo courtesy of Vasily Smolyanitsky, Head, Laboratory of Sea Ice Climate Manuals, AARI.)
• Action Items
• Presentations

Third IICWG Meeting, November 2001

The third annual meeting of the IICWG was held in Troms¿, Norway, November 14-16, 2001. It was hosted by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (DNMI) and sponsored by the the Office of Naval Research Polar Programs, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, the U.S. National Ice Center, and the Canadian Ice Service.

• IICWG III Web Site at DNMI
• Agenda
• Participants
• Action Items
• Presentations

Second IICWG Meeting, October 2000

The second meeting of the IICWG was held at Grand Hotel Reykjav’k, Iceland, October 3-5, 2000. The meeting was hosted by the Icelandic Meteorological Office, and sponsored by the U.S. National Ice Center, the Office of Naval Research - Europe, the Icelandic Meteorological Office, and the Canadian Ice Service.

• Agenda
• Participants
• Final Report (Also available as a Microsoft Word¨ document)
• Action Items (Also available as a Microsoft Word¨ document)
• Presentations

First IIWCG Meeting, October 1999

The IICWG was formed at a meeting held at the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen, 5-7 Oct 1999. The meeting was sponsored by the U.S. National Ice Center, the Office of Naval Research (Europe), the Danish Meteorological Institute, and the Canadian Ice Service.

• Minutes
• Participants
• For a copy of the final report, please contact NSIDC User Services.