Brief description
These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.\nThese data are in the ASPeCt format.\n\nNational program: Australia\nVessel: Aurora Australis\nDates in ice: 05 Nov 1998 - 18 Dec 1998\nObservers: Matt Paget\n\nSummary of voyage track:\n5/11 Ice edge at approx. 60S, 113E\n5-7/11 Ice edge to Casey\n8-18/11 Casey to Davis (conducting survey of pack ice seals)\n22-23/11 From Davis west to 74E\n24-26/11 No obs - flying operations\n27-30/11 Vicinity of 74E\n1-12/11 No obs - ship stopped in ice due to propeller damage\n13-18/2 Towed to ice edge by Shirase, ice obs conducted.\n\nThe fields in this dataset are:\nSEA ICE CONCENTRATION\nSEA ICE FLOE SIZE\nSEA ICE SNOW COVER\nSEA ICE THICKNESS\nSEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY\nSEA ICE TYPE\nRECORD\nDATE\nTIME\nLATITUDE\nLONGITUDE\nOPEN WATER\nTRACK\nSNOW THICKNESS\nSNOW TYPE\nSEA TEMPERATURE\nAIR TEMPERATURE\nWIND VELOCITY\nWIND DIRECTION\nFILM COUNTER\nFRAME COUNTER FOR FILM\nVIDEO RECORDER COUNTER\nVISIBILITY CODE\nCLOUD\nWEATHER CODE\nCOMMENTSFull description
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Subjects
ACE/CRC |
AIR TEMPERATURE |
AMD |
AMD/AU |
ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate |
CEOS |
CLOUD |
COMMENTS |
CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA |
CRYOSPHERE |
DATE |
EARTH SCIENCE |
EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/T |
EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CON |
FILM COUNTER |
FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
ICE FLOES |
ICE TYPES |
LATITUDE |
LONGITUDE |
OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN |
OPEN WATER |
PACK ICE |
R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis |
RECORD |
SEA ICE |
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION |
SEA ICE FLOE SIZE |
SEA ICE SNOW COVER |
SEA ICE THICKNESS |
SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY |
SEA ICE TYPE |
SEA TEMPERATURE |
SHIPS |
SNOW THICKNESS |
SNOW TYPE |
TIME |
TRACK |
VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER |
VISIBILITY CODE |
WEATHER CODE |
WIND DIRECTION |
WIND VELOCITY |
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Identifiers
- URI : http://data.gov.au/dataset/36aa4aef-ece5-4ebb-a2e2-a8a08ada5e0e
- Local : sea-ice-observations-from-the-aurora-australis-v4-1998-99