INTERNATIONAL 



ICE PATROL 



1988 ANNUAL REPORT 



CONTENTS 



5 INTRODUCTION 



7 SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS 



1 1 ICEBERG RECONNAISSANCE AND COMMUNICATIONS 



13 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, 1988 SEASON 



25 ICE CONDITIONS, 1988 SEASON 



49 DISCUSSION OF ICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 



50 REFERENCES 



51 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



APPENDICES 



53 A. List of Participating Vessels, 1988 



61 B. 1988 International Ice Patrol Drifting Buoy Program 



81 C. Upgrade of Environmental Inputs to Iceberg Forecasting Models 



87 D. Use of Air-Deployed Bathythermogaphs (AXBTs) during tfie 1988 IIP 



Season 

 101 E. HP's Side-Lool<ing Airborne Radar (SLAR) Experiment 1988 



