Brief description
These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program: Australia
Vessel: Icebird
Dates in ice: 28 Oct 1988 - 23 Nov 1988
Observers: Ian Allison, Steve Warren, Rich Brandt
Summary of voyage track:
28/10 Ice edge at 62d37mS, 112d04mE
28-30/10 Steamed toward Casey (110E)
1-6/11 Steamed west to approx 77E
6-12/11 Steamed north-south along approx. 77E
13-18/11 Steamed west to Mawson ice edge (61E)
20-23/11 Steamed north to ice edge at 60d52mS, 66d04mE
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: completedType 2: Dubious. Non-specific errors
Type 3: Known errors exist that can be fixed
Type 4: Known errors exist that cannot be fixed
Type 5: No data - not observed
Type 6: Data in analog format only
Time and position: 1
Total ice concentration: 1
Open water: 1
Pri ice concentration: 1
Pri ice type: 1
Pri ice thickness: 1
Pri floe size: 1
Pri topography: 5
Pri snow type: 1
Pri snow thickness: 1
Sec ice concentration: 1
Sec ice type: 1
Sec ice thickness: 1
Sec floe size: 1
Sec topography: 5
Sec snow type: 1
Sec snow thickness: 1
Ter ice concentration: 1
Ter ice type: 1
Ter ice thickness: 1
Ter floe size: 1
Ter topography: 5
Ter snow type: 1
Ter snow thickness: 5
Air temperature: 1
Water temperature: 1
Wind speed: 1
Wind direction: 5
Cloud: 5
Current weather: 3
Visibility: 1
Video reading: 1
Photo (film no.): 1
Photo (frame no.): 1
Comments: 6
Data time period: 1988-10-28 to 1988-11-23
text: westlimit=60; southlimit=-67.0; eastlimit=115; northlimit=-60.0
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