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These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program: United States
Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer
Dates in ice: 26 Jul 2001 - 27 Aug 2001
Observers: Frank Stewart, Kerry Claffey, others
Summary of voyage track:
26/7 Ice edge at approx 64S, 69W
26/7 - 27/8 Cruise track focussed on western side of Peninsula
27/8 Observations finished at approx 65S, 64W
(Note - The Lawrence M. Gould was in the same area at the same time - GD070801)
The fields in this dataset are:
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
SEA ICE FLOE SIZE
SEA ICE SNOW COVER
SEA ICE THICKNESS
SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY
SEA ICE TYPE
RECORD
DATE
TIME
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
OPEN WATER
TRACK
SNOW THICKNESS
SNOW TYPE
SEA TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE
WIND VELOCITY
WIND DIRECTION
FILM COUNTER
FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM
VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER
VISIBILITY CODE
CLOUD
WEATHER CODE
COMMENTS
Lineage
Progress Code: completedData time period: 2001-07-26 to 2001-08-27
text: westlimit=-76.0; southlimit=-70.0; eastlimit=-67.0; northlimit=-64.0
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