Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B Palmer 93-5

• Other Authors: JEFFRIES, MARTIN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WORBY, ANTHONY PETER (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: oceans; ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; SEA ICE; ICE FLOES; ICE TYPES; PACK ICE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; COMMENTS; DATE; FILM COUNTER; FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; OPEN WATER; RECORD; SEA ICE FLOE SIZE; SEA ICE SNOW COVER; SEA ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY; SEA ICE TYPE; SEA TEMPERATURE; SNOW THICKNESS; SNOW TYPE; TIME; TRACK; VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER; VISIBILITY CODE; WEATHER CODE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; R/V NBP > R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer; ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Ricardo; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/sea-ice-observations-93-5/700444; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASPECT_NP080993; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

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: 24 Aug 1993 - 24 Sep 1993 Observers: Martin Jeffries, Tony Worby, Kim Morris, Willy Weeks, Chris Fritsen, Ricardo Jana, Tim Qackenbush, Chua Teong Sek Summary of voyage track: 24/8 Ice edge at approx. 70S, 83W 24/8 - 24/9 Series of transects through the pack ice 24/9 Ice edge at approx 66S, 110W 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