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: Aurora Australis
Dates in ice: 08 Sep 1994 - 11 Oct 1994
Observers: Tony Worby, Ian Allison, Ross Edwards, Jason Phillips
Summary of voyage track:
8/9 Ice edge at approx 60S, 150E
8-18/9 Vessel steamed along approx. 62S to 75E
19-24/9 Vessel steamed south along 75E
25-26/9 Vessel steamed into Davis
28-29/9 Vessel steaming north from Davis
30/9-7/10 Vessel beset in heavy ice
8-11/10 Vessel steamed north to ice edge at approx. 60S, 86E
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
Issued: 2001-07-20
Data time period: 1994-09-08 to 1994-10-11
text: northlimit=-59.0; southlimit=-69.0; westlimit=75.0; eastLimit=150.0; projection=WGS84
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- Local : ASPECT_AA091094
- URI : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASPECT_AA091094
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