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Status	Label ▴	Concept definition	Code	Ref type	Reference	Supplemental references
STD 2005/06/07	ICE	Frozen <WATER>; ice [SOED, "ice", 1.a].	546
STD 2005/06/07	ICEBERG	A very large mass of <ICE> floating loose in a <WATERBODY> after becoming detached from a <GLACIER> or <ICE_SHELF>; iceberg [SOED, "iceberg", 2].	556
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_BOOM	A floating <BARRIER> constrained by <ANCHOR>s and used to deflect the path of floating <ICE> in order to prevent the obstruction of <HYDROGRAPHIC_LOCK>s or <WATER_INTAKE>s or to prevent damage to <BRIDGE_PIER>s or other <STRUCTURE>s; ice boom.	547	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BB202]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_CLIFF	A perpendicular or steep face of a <GLACIER> or <ICE_SHELF> of considerable <<HEIGHT>>; ice cliff.	548	IR	[FACC, Annex A: BJ040]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_FIELD	A <FROZEN_PRECIPITATION_FIELD> that consists of <ICE>; ice-field.	549
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_GLAZE	A coating of <ICE>, generally clear and smooth, formed on exposed <OBJECT>s by the freezing of a film of supercooled <WATER> deposited by <RAIN>, <DRIZZLE>, or <FOG> or possibly condensed from supercooled water vapour; ice glaze. <ICE_GLAZE> is denser, harder, and more transparent than either <RIME> or <HOAR_FROST>.	550	IR	[GMET, "glaze"]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_KEEL	An irregular, linear, downward extension of <ICE> formed where two moving masses of <ICE> collide on a <WATERBODY>; ice keel.	551	IR	[SP35, "ice keel"]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_PEAK	A rocky peak that may be perpetually covered with <ICE> and that projects above a surrounding <ICE_FIELD>; ice peak. An ice peak is also known as a nunatak.	552	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BJ060]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_PELLETS	<SOLID_PRECIPITATION> of transparent or translucent <PARTICLE>s of <ICE> that are spherical or irregular, rarely conical, and that have an <<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> of 5 millimetres or less; ice pellets. <SMALL_HAIL> is a form of ice pellets.	553	PR	[WMO182, I0150, "ice pellets"]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_SHELF	A thick sheet of <ICE> usually of great extent, mostly afloat on a <WATERBODY_SURFACE>, with a level or undulating <SURFACE> and attached to <LAND>; ice shelf. The seaward edge is termed an <ICE_CLIFF> (ice front).	554	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BJ065]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_SLUDGE	Spongy whitish lumps of <ICE> a few centimetres in <<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> that are floating on the <WATERBODY_SURFACE> of a shallow <SEA>; ice sludge.	555	IR	[SP35, "sludge"]
STD 2005/06/07	IFR_REGION	A <REGION> in which IFR should be observed.	557	IR	[AIM]
STD 2005/06/07	ILS_COMPONENT	An air navigation <COMPONENT> that is essential to the establishment and execution of a precision approach based on an ILS.	558	PR	[FACC, Annex A: GA048]
STD 2005/06/07	ILS_TERMINAL_COMPONENT	An <ATS_ROUTE_COMPONENT> designated for channelling the flow of air traffic via ILS terminal procedures.	559	PR	[FACC, Annex A: GA049]
SUBM 2007/09/04	IMPROVISED_EXPLOSIVE- _DEVICE	A bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action; improvised explosive device (IED). IEDs are explosive devices of varying sizes, operating and delivery methods; and consist of almost any type of explosive and initiator. They are designed to cause death or injury by using explosives alone or in combination with toxic <<CHEMICAL_AGENT_TYPE>>, <<BIOLOGICAL_AGENT_TYPE>>, or <<RADIOLOGICAL_AGENT_TYPE>> <MATERIAL>. Each is relatively unique in nature because the creator must improvise using the <MATERIAL>s at hand. And, although unique in nature, IEDs fall into three categories - package, vehicle-borne, and suicide bombs.
STD 2005/06/07	INCINERATOR	A permanent <STRUCTURE> used for the disposal of waste products by burning; incinerator.	560	PR	[FACC, Annex A: AB020]
STD 2005/06/07	INDIGENOUS_BURIAL_GROUND	A <CEMETERY> for native peoples, generally without <MEMORIAL_MONUMENT>s; indigenous burial ground.	561			[SOED, "burial ground"]
STD 2005/06/07	INDIGENOUS_PEOPLES_RESERVE	A <TRACT>and associated <STRUCTURE>s set apart specifically for the use of a native people; indigenous peoples reserve.	562
STD 2005/06/07	INDIVIDUAL_FIGHTING- _POSITION	A <FIGHTING_POSITION> designed to accommodate an individual soldier and that soldier's <EQUIPMENT>.	563
STD 2005/06/07	INDUSTRIAL_BUILDING	A <BUILDING> used for the manufacture of goods or the processing of <MATERIAL>s; industrial building.	564
STD 2005/06/07	INDUSTRIAL_OVEN	An industrial <STRUCTURE> used for hardening, burning, or heating <MATERIAL>s (for example: grain, meal, clay, or wood); industrial oven.	565
STD 2005/06/07	INDUSTRIAL_WORKS	The <STRUCTURE>s, <GROUNDS>, and <EQUIPMENT> of a manufacturing <FACILITY>; industrial works.	566	PR	[FACC, Annex A: AC050]
STD 2005/06/07	INFANTRY_TRENCH	A <MILITARY_TRENCH>, typically integrated into a complex <SYSTEM> of <TERRAIN_OBSTACLE>s, that is used to provide cover, concealment, protected <FIGHTING_POSITION>s, and communications capability for infantry.	567
STD 2005/06/07	INFRARED_MATERIAL_PROPERTY- _SET	A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the infrared properties of the <MATERIAL>s composing an <OBJECT>.	568
STD 2005/06/07	INLAND_SHORELINE	The <SHORELINE> of an inland <WATERBODY>.	569	IR	[FACC, Annex A: BH210]
STD 2005/06/07	INLAND_WATER	A <WATERBODY> that either does not experience or only minimally experiences tidal fluctuations; inland water.	570	IR	[FACC, Annex A: BH000]
STD 2005/06/07	INLAND_WATER_BOTTOM	A bathymetric <REGION> underlying an <INLAND_WATER_SURFACE>; inland water bottom.	571
STD 2005/06/07	INLAND_WATER_ELEVATION	A <SPOT_ELEVATION> associated with an <INLAND_WATER_SURFACE>.	572	PR	[FACC, Annex A: CA035]
STD 2005/06/07	INLAND_WATER_SURFACE	The <WATERBODY_SURFACE> of an <INLAND_WATER>.	573
STD 2005/06/07	INLET	A short, narrow <WATERCOURSE> connecting a <MARINE_BAY> or <LAGOON> with a <SEA>; inlet.	574	IR	[SP35, "inlet"]
STD 2005/06/07	INSECT	An <ARTHROPOD> of the superclass Hexapoda, characterized by having six feet; insect [SOED, "hexopod"].	576
STD 2005/06/07	INSTITUTIONAL_FACILITY	A <FACILITY> housing an established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture, that provides for the care of <HUMAN>s who are destitute, disabled, or mentally ill; institutional facility.	577
STD 2005/06/07	INS_ALIGNMENT_PAD	A designated <LOCATION> where the automated INS instruments of <AIRCRAFT> are reset before taking-off; INS alignment pad.	575	PR	[FACC, Annex A: GB170]
STD 2005/06/07	INTEREST_SITE	A <REGION> maintained for the public and declared to be of national or provincial historical significance or interest; interest site.	578	PR	[FACC, Annex A: AL201]
STD 2005/06/07	INTERIOR_WALL	A <WALL> in a <BUILDING> separating two <ROOM>s from each other; interior wall.	579
STD 2005/06/07	INTERIOR_WALL_OPENING	An opening (for example: an uncovered <APERTURE> in an <INTERIOR_WALL> and/or the space above a <WALL> of partial <<HEIGHT>>) that supports the passage of <MATERIAL>s or visibility into an adjoining <ROOM>.	580
STD 2005/06/07	INTERNATIONAL_DATE_LINE	A <LINE> designated as the place on the <EARTH> where each calendar day begins; International Date Line. This <LINE> generally coincides with the 180^th meridian but is modified to avoid <LAND>.	581	PR	[FACC, Annex A: FA110]
STD 2005/06/07	INTERPLANETARY_MAGNETIC- _FIELD	The <MAGNETIC_FIELD> in a <STAR_SYSTEM> carried with its <STELLAR_WIND>; interplanetary magnetic field.	582	IR	[TASC]
STD 2005/06/07	INUNDATED_LAND	<LAND> subject to controlled inundation (for example: flooded by the regulation of the level of a <RESERVOIR>) that is normally associated with permanently flooded ground in which <TREE>s are still standing; inundated land.	583	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BH091]
STD 2005/06/07	INVERTEBRATE	An <ANIMAL> without a backbone or spinal column that does not belong to the subphylum Vertebrata; invertebrate [SOED, "invertebrate"].	584
STD 2005/06/07	IONOSPHERE	The <ATMOSPHERE_REGION> of the <EARTH> characterized by ions and free electrons existing in sufficient quantities to reflect electromagnetic waves and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>>s of 70 to 500 kilometres; ionosphere.	585	PR	[WMO182, I0900, "ionosphere"]
STD 2005/06/07	IONOSPHERE_ELECTRON- _DENSITY_PROPERTY_SET	A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the electron-density related characteristics of an <IONOSPHERE>.	586
STD 2005/06/07	IONOSPHERE_SCINTILLATION- _PROPERTY_SET	A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the distortion of the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through an <IONOSPHERE> due to medium density irregularities; ionosphere scintillation property set.	587
STD 2005/06/07	IONOSPHERIC_D_REGION	The lowest daytime <REGION> of the <IONOSPHERE> characterized by weak concentrations of ions and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>>s of 50 and 90 kilometres; ionospheric D-region. An ionospheric D-region is also known as an ionospheric D-layer.	588	IR	[TASC]
STD 2005/06/07	IONOSPHERIC_E_REGION	A daytime <REGION> of the <IONOSPHERE> characterized by concentrations of O₂⁺ and NO⁺ ions and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>> s of 85 and 140 kilometres; ionospheric E-region. An ionospheric E-region is also known as an ionospheric E-layer.	589	IR	[TASC]
STD 2005/06/07	IONOSPHERIC_F1_REGION	A daytime <REGION> of the <IONOSPHERE>, above the <IONOSPHERIC_E_REGION>, characterized by weak concentrations of O₂⁺ ions and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>>s of 120 and 200 kilometres; ionospheric F1-region. An ionospheric F1-region is also known as an ionospheric F1-layer.	590	IR	[TASC]
STD 2005/06/07	IONOSPHERIC_F2_REGION	A daytime <REGION> of the <IONOSPHERE>, above the <IONOSPHERIC_E_REGION>, characterized by weak concentrations of O₂⁺ ions and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>>s of 200 and 1 500 kilometres; ionospheric F2-region. An ionospheric F2-region is also known as an ionospheric F2-layer.	591	IR	[TASC]
STD 2005/06/07	IRRIGATION_DITCH	A <TRENCH> that is constructed for the purpose of irrigation or drainage; irrigation ditch.	592	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BH030]
STD 2005/06/07	ISLAND	A <TRACT> smaller (usually much smaller) than a continent and surrounded by a <WATERBODY>; island.	593	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BA030]
STD 2005/06/07	ISOGONIC_LINE	An <ISOPLETH> that connects <LOCATION>s of equal magnetic variation; isogonic line.	594	PR	[FACC, Annex A: ZC050]
STD 2005/06/07	ISOPLETH	A <LINE> defined by <LOCATION>s for which some chosen quantity has the same value; isopleth [SOED, "isopleth", 1].	595
STD 2005/06/07	ISTHMUS	A <TERRAIN_STRIP> that is bordered on both sides by <WATERBODY>s and that connects two larger bodies of <LAND>; isthmus.	596	IR	[SP35, "isthmus"]

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