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: 16 Oct 1990 - 10 Nov 1990
Observers: Rob Kiernan, Martin Higham, Smart, Smyth
Summary of voyage track:
16/10 Ice edge at 61d07mS, 115d19mE
16-18/10 Vessel steamed from ice edge to Casey
20-30/10 Vessel steamed from Casey to Mawson
1-4/11 Vessel steamed from Mawson to Davis
8-10/11 Vessel steamed from Davis to ice edge at 61d10'S, 83d37mE
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: 2001-07-19
Data time period: 1990-10-16 to 1990-11-10
text: northlimit=-60.0; southlimit=-69.0; westlimit=64.0; eastLimit=116.0; projection=WGS84
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- Local : ASPECT_AA101190
- URI : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASPECT_AA101190
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