Canadian Contractor Reports of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences

No. 1 (1982) -

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Contractor report 56  8.2 MB
Lalumiere, L.A. 2011
GPR capabilities for ice thickness sampling of low salinity ice and for detecting oil-in-ice

Contractor report 55
Lalumiere, L.A. 1999
Video sensor system analysis report

Contractor report 54
Holladay, J.S. 1999
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Airborne electromagnetic sea ice sounder operational sensitivity and error analysis

Contractor report 53
Holladay, J.S.; Prinsenberg, S.J. 1999
Airborne electromagnetic sea ice sounding measurements during 1998 Gulf of St. Lawrence field program

Contractor report 52
Holladay, J.S.; Prinsenberg, S.J. 1999
Airborne electromagnetic sea ice sounding measurements during 1997 Gulf of St. Lawrence field program

Contractor report 51
Moucha, R.Z.; Holladay, J.S.; Prinsenberg, S.J. 1998
Airborne electromagnetic sea ice sounder measurements of RADARSAT Validation Project 1996

Contractor report 50
Holladay, J.S.; Moucha, R.Z.; Prinsenberg, S.J. 1998
Airborne electromagnetic sea ice sounding measurements during SIMMS'95

Contractor report 49
Holladay, J.S.; Moucha, R. 1998
Electromagnetic/laser ice thickness data from the Labrador Shelf, 1994

Contractor report 48  PDF 1.0 MB
Lalumiere, L.A. 1998
Implementation of a prototype real-time snow thickness radar

Contractor report 47
Topham, D.R.; Bowen, R.G. 1996
An evaluation of the performance of the airborne remote ice thickness sensor "Ice Probe" over a first year pressure ridge in 1991

Contractor report 46
Scrimger, P.; Scrimger, J.A. 1996
Investigation of the capability of ship-of-opportunity sampling for British Columbia coastal waters

Contractor report 45  PDF 1.6 MB
Loucks, R.H.; Smith, R.E. 1996
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Hudson Bay and Ungava Bay runoff and ice melt 1963-1992

Contractor report 44
Holladay, J.S. 1995
Geonex Aerodat Inc.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region. Physical and Chemical Sciences Branch
Analysis of electromagnetic/laser data over the Newfoundland shelf in 1992 : final report, October 1994

Contractor report 43
Lalumiere, L.A. 1992
CANPOLAR Consultants Ltd.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region. Physical and Chemical Sciences Branch
Analysis of snow thickness data collected by impulse radar over the Beaufort Sea Shelf in 1991

Contractor report 42
1992
G.A. Borstad Associates
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Catalogue of geo-referenced NOAA AVHRR satellite data of the Beaufort Sea, 1980-1991

Contractor report 41
PERD Project - Sea Ice Thickness
Rossiter, J.R.; Holladay, J.S.; Lalumiere, L.A. 1992
CANPOLAR COnsultants Ltd.
Aerodat Limited
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region. Physical and Chemical Sciences Branch
Validation of airborne sea ice thickness measurement using electromagnetic induction during LIMEX '89 (UP-CV8-028)

Contractor report 40  PDF 556 KB
Godin, G. 1991
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
A study on the tide reaching Saint John, New Brunswick, in the Bay of Fundy

Contractor report 39  PDF 4.0 MB
Fissel, D.B.; Lemon, D.D. 1991
Arctic Sciences Limited
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region. Physical and Chemical Sciences Branch
Analysis of physical oceanographic data from the Labrador Shelf, summer 1980

Contractor report 38  PDF 2.0 MB
Fissel, D.B.; Birch, J.R. 1990
Arctic Sciences Limited
Federal Panel on Energy Research and Development (Canada)
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region. Physical and Chemical Sciences Branch
Satellite-tracked drifting buoy measurements off Labrador and Newfoundland, 1981-1983

Contractor report 37
Resio, D.T. 1990
Offshore and Coastal Technologies, Inc.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region. Physical and Chemical Sciences Branch
Theoretical study of wind-generated surface ocean wave-current interactions

Contractor report 36
PERD Project - Labrador and Grand Banks Ice
Thiebaux, M.L. 1990
Seakem Oceanography Ltd.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region. Physical and Chemical Sciences Branch
Wind tunnel experiments to determine correction functions for shipboard anemometers

Contractor report 35
Fissel, D.B.; Melling, H. 1990
Arctic Sciences Limited
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Interannual variability of oceanographic conditions in the southeastern Beaufort Sea

Contractor report 34  PDF 834 KB
Loucks, R.H.; Smith, R.E. 1989
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Hudson Bay and Ungava Bay ice-melt cycles for the period 1963-1983

Contractor report 33  PDF 2.5 MB
Borstad, G.A.; Buckley, J.; Nasr, J.; Wedler, E.; Hall, J. 1988
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Product definition study for a Canadian Ocean Information Centre

Contractor report 32
Woods, S.M. 1988
S.M. Woods Consulting
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Report on ocean dumping R and D Pacific Region : Department of Fisheries and Oceans 1986-1987

Contractor report 31
Never published

Contractor report 30  963 KB
PERD Project - Current surges
de Margerie, S; Lank, K.D. 1986
ASA Consulting Ltd.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Tidal circulation of the Scotian Shelf and Grand Banks

Contractor report 29
Never published

Contractor report 28
Papadakis, J.E. 1987
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
On the hydroacoustically inferred morphology of arctic ice

Contractor report 27
Woods, S.M. 1987
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
S.M. Woods Consulting
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Report on ocean dumping R and D Pacific Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans 1985-1986

Contractor report 26
Woods, S.M. 1986
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Report on Ocean Dumping R and D, Pacific Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans 1984-1985

Contractor report 25
PERD project - Tidal propagation research
Greisman, P.; Grant, S.; Blaskovich, A.; vanHardenburg, B. 1986
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Interdepartmental Panel on Energy Research and Development (Canada)
Tidal propagation measurements in Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound and Nares Strait

Contractor report 24
Norton, P.; Smiley, B.D. 1986
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
PN Research Projects
Canada. Dept.of Fisheries and Oceans
Importance of Yukon coastal waters to bowhead and white whales

Contractor report 23
Greisman, P. 1986
Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Surface circulation in Dixon Entrance: results from Lagrangian and Eulerian measurements

Contractor report 22 (1)  PDF 2.8 MB
Juszko, B.; Brown, R.; de Lange Boom, B.; Green, D. 1988
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Seaconsult Marine Research Ltd.
A wave climate study of the northern British Columbia coast : final report. Volume 1, wave observations

Contractor report 22 (2)
Hodgins, D.O.; LeBlond, P.H.; Dunbar, D.S.; Niwinski, C.T. 1988
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Seaconsult Marine Research Ltd.
A wave climate study of the northern British Columbia coast : final report. Volume 2, wave properties and wave prediction

Contractor report 21
Anderson, E.P. 1985
Edward Anderson Marine Sciences
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Effects of suspended tailing from the Amax/Kitsault Mine on the predation rates of the marine zooplankters Euchaeta elongata and Euphausia pacifica

Contractor report 20
Woods, S.M. 1985
Sea-I Research Canada
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Report on ocean dumping R and D Pacific Region : Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 1983-1984

Contractor report 19
Henry, R.F.; Danard, M.; Niwinski, C.T.; Hodgins, D.O.; Gray, M. 1984
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Atmospheric Dynamics Corporation
Seaconsult Marine Research Ltd.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Flood hazard delineation at Tuktoyaktuk. Meteorological conditions for maximum storm surges. Extreme wave conditions at Tuktoyaktuk. Extreme wind stresses over Beaufort Sea as determined from Tuktoyaktuk winds

Contractor report 18
Perd project - Tidal propagation research
Greisman, P. 1984
Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Interdepartmental Panel on Energy Research and Development (Canada)
Tidal propagation measurements in Foxe Basin

Contractor report 17
Woods, S.M. 1984
Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Report on ocean dumping R and D Pacific Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 1982-1983

Contractor report 16
Fissel, D.B.; Lemon, D.D.; Knight, D.N. 1984
Arctic Sciences Limited
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
An oceanographic survey of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, March 1983

Contractor report 15  PDF 7.4 MB
Fissel, D.B.; Knight, D.N.; Birch, J.R. 1984
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans
An oceanographic survey of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, March 1982

Contractor report 14
May, G.A. 1983
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
George A. May & Associates
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Correlation sonar using pseudo-random noise codes

Contractor report 13  PDF 1.5 MB
Chandler, P.C.P.; deMargerie, S.; Covill, J.D. 1985
MARTEC Limited; ASA Consulting Ltd.
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Interdepartmental Panel on Energy Research and Development (Canada)
PERD project : Ungava Bay tidal survey
Numerical modelling of tides in Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay

Contractor report 12
Hodgins, D.O. 1985
Seaconsult Marine Research Ltd.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
A review of extreme wave conditions in the Beaufort Sea

Contractor report 11  PDF 639 KB
1983
Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Report on ocean dumping R and D Pacific Region : Department of Fisheries and Oceans 1981-1982

Contractor report 10
Hodgins, D.O.; LeBlond, P.H.; Huntley, D.A. 1985
Seaconsult Marine Research Ltd.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Shallow-water wave calculations

Contractor report 9
Greisman, P. 1983
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
The physical oceanography of Bridport Inlet, N.W.T.

Contractor report 8  PDF 1.32 MB
Ford, L.; Nicoll, M. 1983
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Oceanographic observations in Alice Arm, B.C., May 1981

Contractor report 7
Forrester, W.D. 1982
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Central archiving of current meter data summaries

Contractor report 6  PDF 2.8 MB
LeBlond, P.H.; Calisal, S.M.; Isaacson, M. 1982
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Interdepartmental Panel on Energy Research and Development (Canada)
Wave spectra in Canadian waters

Contractor report 5
Nicoll, M.; Stucchi, D.J. 1982
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Alice Arm 1981 CTD data access guide

Contractor report 4
PERD Project - Wave hindcast methodology
PERD Project - Deep water offshore engineering design criteria
Resio, D.T. 1982
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Interdepartmental Panel on Energy Research and Development (Canada)
Assessment of wave hindcast methodologies in the Scotian Shelf, Grand Banks and Labrador Sea areas

Contractor report 3
Byers, S.C.; Calderwood, G.S. 1982
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay
Report on ocean dumping R and D Pacific Region Department of Fisheries and Oceans 1980-1981

Contractor report 2
Godin, G. 1982
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
An alternative analysis procedure for wave spectra

Contractor report 1
LeBlond, P.H. 1982
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
A preliminary review of nonspectral wave properties : grouping, wave breaking, and "freak" waves

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