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Integrated PAR exposure of sea ice in East Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Division
Raymond, B. and Meiners, K. ; RAYMOND, BEN ; MEINERS, KLAUS
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The data comprise images (encapsulated postscript and PNG formats) showing the integrated solar irradiance exposure of sea ice. The exposure value for ice at a given grid point was calculated by computing the motion trajectory of that patch of ice across the autumn/winter season (1-March to 1-November). Daily motion data were obtained from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0116.html). The integrated radiation exposure was then calculated using daily estimates of downward solar flux from the NCEP/NCAR re-analyses. The values shown in the images are cumulative photosynthetically active radiation expressed in W-days/m^2.

Please contact the data custodian before using these data.

This work was done as part of ASAC project 2943 (ASAC_2943). See the link below for public details about the project.

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Progress Code: completed

Data time period: 1979-03-01 to 2004-11-01

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url : https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/1195/download

Public information for ASAC project 2943 (PROJECT HOME PAGE)

url : https://projects.aad.gov.au/search_projects_results.cfm?project_no=2943

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url : http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ICEPAR

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  • global : ICEPAR
ACN 633 798 857