National Ice Center (U.S.)

LC control no.	no 96060147
Corporate name heading	National Ice Center (U.S.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	United States. National Ice Center United States. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. National Ice Center United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Ice Center NIC (National Ice Center)
Found in	Arctic and Antarctic sea ice data [CF] 1972-1994: container insert (National Ice Center) disc label (seal: National Ice Center; seal: Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command; seal: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Its home page, 11/14/96 (National Ice Center (NIC), a multi-agency center representing the Dept. of Defense (Navy), Dept. of Commerce, and Dept. of Transportation (Coast Guard); has personnel from 2 NOAA depts., Nat'l Environmental Satellite, Data, and Info. Service, and Nat'l Weather Service; Navy component called Naval Ice Center [no publs. in LC database], pt. of Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command; commander of Naval Ice Center also director of Nat'l Ice Center; NOAA and Navy est'd a Joint Ice Center [no publs. in LC database], in 1976; in 1993, the Joint Ice Center became the National Ice Center as it expanded to include Coast Guard)
Not found in	International Glaciological Society, Annals of glaciology, 5, 1984, Introduction to a new sea-ice database, by Richard W. Knight, accessed online 11/14/96 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Joint Ice Center, in Suitland, Md.)