IRIS (Ice Ridging Information for Decision Making in Shipping Operations) is an EU-project 2003-2005. The overall target is to develop ice modelling and SAR interpretation so that ridging parameters are obtained, to include the parameters into systems of ice information delivery, to relate the parameters to the trafficability of ships, and finally develop methods to apply the enhanced ice information in routing and decision making during marine operations.

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For more information about IRIS and its partners, read here.