Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1994/95

Created 24/06/2017

Updated 24/06/2017

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

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Title Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1994/95
Language English
Licence Other
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/abbedddf-d6f8-4c29-9c44-96c362743969
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Australian Antarctic Division
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Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[75.0, -69.0], [150.0, -69.0], [150.0, -59.0], [75.0, -59.0], [75.0, -69.0]]]}
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