temperatures were 0.6°C colder. 

 Averaged differences between ob- 

 servations and FLENUMOCEAN- 

 CEN products for individual 

 icebergs ranged from 1 .9°C (#784) 

 to0.6°C (#785) colder. The 

 differences listed in Table E-4 

 which are greater than the re- 

 ported system error are due to the 

 presence of sub-scalar thermal 

 features. In this case, iceberg 

 #747 and #784 had crossed the 

 surface thermal front between the 

 colder Labrador water and the 

 warmer Newfoundland Shelf 

 water. 



Little difference existed between 

 the wave height products by FLE- 

 NUMOCEANCEN and METOC. 

 The FLENUMOCEANCEN- 



produced wave heights averaged 

 0.9m higher than the observed 

 height for the cluster; the METOC- 

 produced height was 0.8m higher. 

 Daily differences between ob- 

 served and predicted wave 

 heights for individual icebergs 

 ranged: from 0.3m (all/17 June) to 

 1 .5m (#785/20 JUNE) for FLE- 

 NUMOCEANCEN products; and 

 from 0.2m (ail 19 June) to 1.2m 

 (all/18 June) for METOC products. 

 The wave period differences in 

 Table E-4 which exceeded system 

 error may be based partly on the 

 limitations of visual observations 

 and the expertise of each ob- 

 server. 



The cluster's average daily melt 

 due to wave erosion using ob- 

 served values was estimated at 

 379cm/day with average values 

 for individual icebergs ranging 

 from 330cnfVday (#785) to 

 408 cm/day (#747). The cluster's 

 average daily melt rate using FLE- 

 NUMOCEANCEN (global-scale) 

 products averaged 152cm/day 

 faster. Individual icebergs' 

 average melt ranged from 

 144cm/day (#784) to 200cm/day 

 (#785) faster. The cluster's 

 average daily melt using METOC 

 (regional-scale) products aver- 

 aged 195cm/day faster. Individual 

 iceberg's average melt ranged 

 from 149cnfVday (#785) to 

 218crTVday (#787) faster. 



*Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate number of times a value was outside the following error bounds: 

 SST +/- 1.6°C Wave Height +/- 1.8 m Wave Period +/- 4 sec 



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