Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B Palmer 95-5a

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: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer Dates in ice: 03 Aug 1995 - 22 Aug 1995 Observers: Martin Jeffries, others

Summary of voyage track: 3/8 Ice edge at approx. 63S, 180 3-11/8 Transect south along 180 to approx. 70S 11-22/8 Transect NE to ice edge at approx. 61S, 149W

The fields for 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 Nathaniel B Palmer 95-5a
Language English
Licence Other
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/77b7eaa4-76b7-45fe-8d0f-786b139304da
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Australian Antarctic Division
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Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[179.0, -71.0], [-149.0, -71.0], [-149.0, -61.0], [179.0, -61.0], [179.0, -71.0]]]}
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