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Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (29th Russian Antarctic Expedition)

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Russia Vessel: Mikhail Somov Dates in ice: 28 Feb 1984 - 17 Mar 1984 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 28/2 Ice edge at approx. 72S, 144W 28/2-2/3 Ice edge to Russkaya (136W) 3-11/3 At Russkaya (no observations) 12-17/3 Russkaya to ice edge edge at approx. 68S, 132W There were substantial periods of drift in very heavy ice during this voyage. 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 Mikhail Somov (29th Russian Antarctic Expedition)
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/2d6fa0da-0415-4758-abbe-8e5a600fade9
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Reference Period 28/02/1984 - 17/03/1984
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-145.0, -75.0], [-127.0, -75.0], [-127.0, -68.0], [-145.0, -68.0], [-145.0, -75.0]]]}
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