Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCt) archive of ship-based sea ice observations

• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Division (isOwnedBy), Dr Tony Worby (hasCollector), Dr Tony Worby (isManagedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Tasmanian Partnership for Advanced Computing
• Subjects: Glaciology; EARTH SCIENCES; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/antarctic-sea-ice-ice-observations/15162; http://www.aspect.aq

The Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCt) data archive contains ship-based observations of sea ice and snow cover thickness and properties from vessels operating in the Antarctic pack ice. The ship-based observing scheme, introduced in 1997, provides a standardised system for making and recording observations, which are quality controlled and archived in Hobart, Tasmania. The earliest data are from 1980, which have been translated from analog records and charts into their existing digital form, to be consistent with more recent data.