Sea Ice Observations from the Polar Bird V3 2000/01

• 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; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/sea-ice-observations-v3-200001/700451; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASPECT_PB111200; 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 Bird Dates in ice: 23 Nov 2000 - 19 Dec 2000 Observers: Mel Fitzpatrick, Ian Allison Summary of voyage track: 23/11 Ice edge at approx. 63S, 111E 23-27/11 Ice edge to Casey fly off 28/11 - 17/12 Ship stuck in ice, drifting slowly westward 18-19/12 Steamed north to ice edge at approx. 64S, 104E 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