International Ice Charting Working Group

Task Teams

At IICWG-XIX in September 2018, the IICWG altered its organizational structure to provide flexibility in identifying and addressing ice service challenges by replacing the Standing Committees with Task Teams. Task Teams work under the IICWG Charter and Terms of Reference, focused on specific themed actions identified by the ice services and discussed by the plenary during the annual meetings. Task Teams will have flexible membership, operating procedures, timelines, and deliverables that are tailored to best address the particular theme for which they are responsible. All Task Teams will be led by a champion who will guide their team to complete specific work items and achieve well-defined goals. Rather than being permanent entities, Task Teams are intended to have a defined life span.

Responsibilities of the Task Team Lead

As champion for the theme, assemble a team of willing and committed members
Establish goals and milestones, leading the Task Team to complete their tasks
Participate in quarterly teleconferences of the Co-Chairs’ Coordination Committee to provide progress updates and assist in setting the agenda for the IICWG Annual Meeting
Schedule and chair Task Team meetings and teleconferences as necessary
Lead the preparation and presentation of documents and reports at the IICWG meetings
Follow-up on action items

List of Task Teams

(Updated 21 July 2021)

#	Task Team	Team Lead	Status - July 2021
1	ROSE-L	Wolfgang Dierking	In progress for completion early 2022
2	ICEBERG MODELING	Mike Hicks	Completed September 2020
3	E-NAVIGATION	Jürgen Holfort	On Temporary Hold
4	UNCERTAINTY	Sean Helfrich	Completed September 2020
5	ANALYST FORECASTER COMPETENCIES	Catalin Tita	Completed September 2019
6	REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTRE CONTRIBUTIONS	Scott Weese / Jan Lieser	Arctic RCC Complete; Antarctic RCC in watch status
7	ARCTIC COUNCIL INTERACTION	Marianne Thyrring	Task Team disbanded; co-chairs on-going responsibility
8	MARINER TRAINING NEEDS	Keld Qvistgaard	Completed September 2020
8-2	MARITIME TRAINING CENTRE ENGAGEMENT	Keld Qvistgaard	In progress
9	ICE SERVICE VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT	Søren Olufsen / Caryn Panowicz / Nick Hughes	Completed September 2020
10	SEA ICE MODELING AND DATA ASSIMILATION GROUP INTERACTION	Lars-Anders Breivik / Dean Flett	Postponed to 2021
11	ICE ANALYST WORKSHOP 2020	Patrick Eriksson	Postponed to 2021
12	UNCERTAINTY-2	Nick Hughes	In progress
13	ICEBERG MODEL CASE STUDIES	Mike Hicks	In progress
14	SOUTHERN LIMIT OF KNOWN ICE (SOLOKI)	Jan Lieser / Andrew Fleming	In progress
15	ICEBERG RISK-BASED PRODUCTS	Mike Hicks	In progress
16	SEA ICE HAZARD PRODUCT	Scott Weese / Kevin Berberich	In progress

These task teams have assumed responsibility for the work of the former Standing Committees. Past records of the Committees are listed below.

Past Commitees

Data, Information, and Customer Support Standing Committee (DICSSC)

Action Items

DICSSC Action Items (Sep 2018)

Terms of Reference

Data, Information and Customer Support Standing Committee (DICSSC) Terms of Reference (Jul 2018)

Co-Chairs

Penny Wagner
Norwegian Ice Service
Tromsø, Norway

Alvaro Scardilli
Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Antti Kangas
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Helsinki, Finland

DICSSC Wiki

For access to this Wiki, contact the IICWG Secretariat for login credentials.

DICSSC Wiki Page

DICSSC Committee Reports and Presentations

DISCSC Action Items from IICWG-XV (Nov. 2014)
DICSSC Report to IICWG-XV (Nov. 2014)
DISCSC Action Items from IICWG-XIV (Oct. 2013)
DICSSC Report to IICWG-XIV (Oct. 2013)
DICSSC Action Items from IICWG-XIII (Dec. 2012)
DICSSC Report to IICWG-XIII (Oct. 2012)
DICSSC Action Items from IICWG-XII (Nov. 2011)
DICSSC Report to IICWG-XII (Oct. 2011)
DICSSC Action Items from IICWG-XI (Nov. 2010)
DICSSC Report to IICWG-XI (Nov. 2010)
DICSSC Action Items from IICWG-X (Dec. 2009)
DICSSC Report to IICWG-X (Dec. 2009)
DICSSC Meeting Report IICWG-9 (Action Items from IICWG-IX) (Dec. 2008)
DICSSC Status of Action Items from IICWG-VIII (Nov. 2007)
Data, Information, and Customer Support Standing Committee Report on Action Items from IICWG-7, 26 October 2007 (Nov. 2007)
Standing Committee on Data, Information, and Customer Support Action Items (IICWG VII) (Nov. 2006)
Data, Information and Customer Support Committee Action Items (IICWG VI) (Nov. 2005)
IPY Operations Work Session Report (IICWG VI) (Oct. 200

Interoperable Data Formats - Action Item DC 6.1.1 Reference Material and Discussion at IICWG VII, Helsinki

Interoperable Data Formats: Action Item Summary of Progress for IICWG VII (from P. Seymour Sep. 2006)
Ice Service Requirements Questionnaire (Questionnaire with CIS response as an example, from J. Falkingham Sep. 2006)
Interoperable Data Formats: IICWG SCDICS tasks in progress (informal minutes on the 6.1 AI discussion at IICWG VII, from F. Fetterer Sep. 2006)
Status report, action item DC 6.1.1 (from P. Seymour Sep. 2006)
DIFD Ice Types Version 3.0 (Excel file, from P. Seymour Sep. 2006)
Feature Object Attributes Version 3.0 (from P. Seymour Sep. 2006)
Geo Object Classes Version 3.0 (from P. Seymour Sep. 2006)

Interoperable Data Formats - Special Session at IICWG VI, Ottawa

Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) Material

ECDIS Ice Objects Catalogue Version 3.0
Ice In ECDIS (Reaching out to our marine users)
Ice In ECDIS Web Sites
Ice In ECDIS Workshop 2000 (link to folder containing presentations and rep

Sea Ice Mapping Systems - Presentations and Reports (see also items under the Standing Committee on Applied Science and Research)

SIMS Architecture.
A draft presentation with recommendations, introduction, and summary page added (changes in green). Send comments, additions, and changes to Paul Seymour. Later versions will be posted on this page.
SIMS Introduction and Summary.
This presentation is intended to summarize IMS progress and issues for all of IICWG-V, on Thursday April 22, 2004, 13:30. Send comments, additions, and changes to Paul Seymour. We will work on this at the meeting in the standing committee breakout as well.
Providing METOC Data in SIMS: A Capabilities/Feasibility Study Prepared for the U.S. National Ice Center.
This white paper outlines the U.S. National Ice Center's position regarding operational aspects of incorporating meteorology data in SIMS, their sea ice mapping system. While specific to NIC, aspects of the challenges faced by NIC may be of interest to other centers.

Sea Ice Mapping Systems - Requirements

Draft IMS requirements from P. Seymour
IMS Modules or Utilities: These modules or utilities could be made available to the community; from J. Falkingham

Sea Ice and Iceberg Training Modules - Action Item DC 16-5

These modules were compiled together in 2016 by the DICSSC Co-chairs and Secretariat to fulfill to an IICWG 2015 Action Item DC 16-5: Make a list of publicly available sea ice training modules and set a link to them on the IICWG web-site. The following lists provide links to resources for sea ice and iceberg training.

Resources from UCAR's MetEd

Sea Ice and Products and Services of the National Ice Center: Two-hour module examines sea ice, icebergs, and the products and services of the National Ice Center and the North American Ice Service.
River Ice Processes: Module provides information on flooding associated with river ice jams
Ship-based Sea and Lake Ice Observing: This lesson is aimed at those tasked with reporting ice conditions as part of standard weather reporting procedures.
Arctic Meteorology and Oceanography - Lesson 8: Sea Ice and Icebergs: This lesson describes the climatology and classification of sea ice and icebergs.
Feature Identification Exercises: Clouds, Snow and Ice Using MODIS: This module consists of four exercises where users identify surface features, distinguish clouds from snow on the ground, and determine cloud phase using multispectral analysis.

Other Sites

Educational Resources at NSIDC: Various education resources from the National Snow and Ice Data Center - Bringing the cryosphere to the classroom.
Graphing the Extent of Sea Ice in the Arctic and Antarctic: In this activity, from NOAA's climate.gov web site, students learn about sea ice extent in both polar regions, Arctic and Antarctic.
Sea Ice and Permafrost: Various lessons from the Woodside Australian Science Project covering melting sea ice, sea level rise, melting permafrost, and methane for K-12 educators.

Resources on YouTube

Ice in the Climate System: Undergraduate level lecture from Yale Courses discussing the five types of ice in the climate system: sea ice, ice sheets, ice shelves, icebergs, and mountain glaciers.
Ice and Climate Change: Undergraduate level lecture from Yale Courses discussing how the ice on earth is sensitive to climate change and how ice plays a role in the climate change processes.