Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V4 1998/99

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: 05 Nov 1998 - 18 Dec 1998 Observers: Matt Paget

Summary of voyage track: 5/11 Ice edge at approx. 60S, 113E 5-7/11 Ice edge to Casey 8-18/11 Casey to Davis (conducting survey of pack ice seals) 22-23/11 From Davis west to 74E 24-26/11 No obs - flying operations 27-30/11 Vicinity of 74E 1-12/11 No obs - ship stopped in ice due to propeller damage 13-18/2 Towed to ice edge by Shirase, ice obs conducted.

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 V4 1998/99
Language English
Licence Other
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/36aa4aef-ece5-4ebb-a2e2-a8a08ada5e0e
Contact Point
Australian Antarctic Division
metadata@aad.gov.au
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[71.0, -70.0], [114.0, -70.0], [114.0, -59.0], [71.0, -59.0], [71.0, -70.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V4 1998/99". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/sea-ice-observations-from-the-aurora-australis-v4-1998-99

No duplicate datasets found.