Transition from Research to Operations: ARKTOS - A Knowledge-Based Sea Ice Classification System

Authors

Cheryl Bertoia, U.S. National Ice CenterFollow
Denise Gineris, Stennis Space CenterFollow
Kim Partington, U.S. National Ice CenterFollow
Leen-Kiat Soh, University of NebraskaFollow
Costas Tsatsoulis, University of KansasFollow

Date of this Version

1999

Document Type

Article

Comments

Proceedings of the 1999 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS’99), Hamburg, Germany, pp. 1573-1574.

Abstract

ARKTOS is a fully automated intelligent system that classifies sea ice and that is now being used by the U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) for daily operations related to the NIC’s task of mapping the ice covered oceans. In this paper we describe the process of taking a research project and transitioning it to an operational environment. We discuss the theoretical methodologies implemented in ARKTOS, and how ARKTOS was developed, tested, and finally moved to operations.