Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V4 1998/99

• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Division (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: data.gov.au
• Subjects: AIR TEMPERATURE; AMD; CEOS; CLOUD; COMMENTS; DATE; FILM COUNTER; FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; OPEN WATER; RECORD; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA ICE FLOE SIZE; SEA ICE SNOW COVER; SEA ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY; SEA ICE TYPE; SEA TEMPERATURE; SHIPS; SNOW THICKNESS; SNOW TYPE; TIME; TRACK; VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER; VISIBILITY CODE; WEATHER CODE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; aurora australis; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/sea-ice-observations-v4-199899/1928052; http://data.gov.au/dataset/36aa4aef-ece5-4ebb-a2e2-a8a08ada5e0e

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.\nThese data are in the ASPeCt format.\n\nNational program: Australia\nVessel: Aurora Australis\nDates in ice: 05 Nov 1998 - 18 Dec 1998\nObservers: Matt Paget\n\nSummary of voyage track:\n5/11 Ice edge at approx. 60S, 113E\n5-7/11 Ice edge to Casey\n8-18/11 Casey to Davis (conducting survey of pack ice seals)\n22-23/11 From Davis west to 74E\n24-26/11 No obs - flying operations\n27-30/11 Vicinity of 74E\n1-12/11 No obs - ship stopped in ice due to propeller damage\n13-18/2 Towed to ice edge by Shirase, ice obs conducted.\n\nThe fields in this dataset are:\nSEA ICE CONCENTRATION\nSEA ICE FLOE SIZE\nSEA ICE SNOW COVER\nSEA ICE THICKNESS\nSEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY\nSEA ICE TYPE\nRECORD\nDATE\nTIME\nLATITUDE\nLONGITUDE\nOPEN WATER\nTRACK\nSNOW THICKNESS\nSNOW TYPE\nSEA TEMPERATURE\nAIR TEMPERATURE\nWIND VELOCITY\nWIND DIRECTION\nFILM COUNTER\nFRAME COUNTER FOR FILM\nVIDEO RECORDER COUNTER\nVISIBILITY CODE\nCLOUD\nWEATHER CODE\nCOMMENTS GET DATA - Download point for the data - log files, postscript files, excel files.