Environmental security in arctic ice-covered seas: From strategy to tactics of hazard identification and emergency response

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Eicken, Hajo ^a   Jones, Joshua ^a   Meyer, Franz ^a   Mahoney, Andy ^a   Druckenmiller, Matthew L ^a   Rohith, M V ^b   Kambhamettu, Chandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic shipping; Coastal observatory; Environmental security; Natural hazards; Remote sensing; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SHIPPING; COASTAL OBSERVATORY; DECISION SUPPORTS; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; DIGITAL IMAGERY; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY; HAZARD IDENTIFICATION; HAZARDOUS EVENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE HAZARDS; ICE THICKNESS; ICE VELOCITY; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INFORMATION NEED; LAND-FAST; LOCAL EXPERTS; LUCAS-KANADE TRACKER; NATURAL HAZARD; NEAR-REAL TIME; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; PROCESSING APPROACH; SAFE OPERATION; STRATEGIC LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURES; X-BAND RADARS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; OPTICAL FLOWS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; VELOCITY;

MARINE RADAR;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ICE BREAKUP; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE THICKNESS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARKOV CHAIN; NATURAL HAZARD; OBSERVATORY; REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SENSOR; SHIPPING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863699970     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.45.3.1     Document Type: Article

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