Sea Ice Observations from the Polar Sea voyage 1998/99

• Other Authors: WORBY, ANTHONY PETER (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; ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/sea-ice-observations-voyage-199899/700450; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASPECT_PA120198; 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: Australia Vessel: Polar Sea Dates in ice: 19 Dec 1998 - 01 Jan 1999 Observers: Tony Worby Summary of voyage track: 19/12 Ice edge at approx. 63S, 140E 19-21/12 From ice edge to coast 22-28/12 Steamed west to approx 177W 28/12 - 1/1 Steamed south into the Ross Sea 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