Friday, May 24, 2013
Glossary
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Jack Staff - A flag staff at the bow of a ship.
Category: - Maritime
Jetsam - Items that are thrown overboard from a vessel in distress. Discarded cargo that washes ashore.
Category: - Maritime - Risk
Jet Stream - An undulating band of strong high-altitude winds which may occasionally exceed 400 km/h. In Canada, the jet stream travels mostly from west to east and may extend over hundreds of kilometers. It has an altitude of about 9,000 m. Pilots flying at high altitudes often search out the jet stream to speed along eastbound flights.
Category: - Weather
Jib - A triangular sail set forward of a foremast.
Category: - Maritime
Join - To merge both records and attributes for unrelated but overlapping databases.
Category: - GIS
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre - The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre or JRCC is the office which has operational control of all military and Coast Guard rescue resources within their SAR Region. Any call for assistance is relayed from its source - Coast Guard radio, overdue airplanes, witnesses, etc. - to the RCC. The RCC Controllers then decide which is the most appropriate resource for the job. Any requests for emergency assistance from other levels of government or other agencies also go through the RCC. It is staffed jointly by Canadian Forces and Coast Guard personnel with SAR backgrounds.
Category: - SAR
Jones Act - Merchant Marine Act of 1920, Section 27, requiring that all U.S. domestic waterborne trade be carried by U.S.-flag, U.S.-built, and U.S.-manned vessels.
Category: - Maritime
JRCC - The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre or JRCC is the office which has operational control of all military and Coast Guard rescue resources within their SAR Region. Any call for assistance is relayed from its source - Coast Guard radio, overdue airplanes, witnesses, etc. - to the RCC. The RCC Controllers then decide which is the most appropriate resource for the job. Any requests for emergency assistance from other levels of government or other agencies also go through the RCC. It is staffed jointly by Canadian Forces and Coast Guard personnel with SAR backgrounds.
Category: - Acronym - SAR
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