Ice Profiler Projects

Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Tracer Experiment (WHOI)
Andrey Proshutinsky of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute is the principal investigator for the Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment which is a study of fresh water accumulation and release mechanisms and the role of fresh water in Arctic climate variability.
Marathon Oil/EXXON
To support the design and operational planning for offshore oil and gas activities off the northeastern coast of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Federation, an ongoing program of ice keel draft and ice velocity measurement is being conducted. The program was expanded to include Ice Profiler derived wave measurements.
Institute of Ocean Sciences (IOS)
Originally developed by IOS (Dr. Humfrey Melling) in collaboration with ASL, an updated version of the Ice Profiler has been used to obtain ice data from the Beaufort Sea.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography -
The IPS was used as part of a study on the effects of ice forces on the Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
University of Hawaii
The IPS was deployed for scientific research in Antarctica examining ice draft, presence or absence of ice in conjunction with sediment studies.
University of Hokkaido
Dr. Yasushi Fukamachi conducted ice climate research in the Sea of Okhotsk using the IPS.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Scientific research studies in Antarctic shelf areas.

Ice Profiling Sonar (IPS)Projects