Electromagnetic measurement of sea ice thickness on ice stations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012

• Other Authors: MEINERS, KLAUS (hasPrincipalInvestigator), MEINERS, KLAUS (processor), NAKATA, KAZUKI (hasPrincipalInvestigator), NAKATA, KAZUKI (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: environment; oceans; ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; SEA ICE; SIPEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOPROFILER; R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; aurora australis; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/electromagnetic-measurement-sea-australis-2012/701635; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/59b0926d377c1; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/SIPEX_II_Ice_Station_EM; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

We observed total thickness (snow thickness + ice thickness) of sea-ice floes along 100m transects using an electromagnetic (EM) sensor. The data were read from the EM and written by hand into a log book as we moved along the transect. They were then transferred into an Excel spreadsheet. The parameters included are: - distance along transect - conductivity (vertical) - conductivity (horizontal) - total thickness (derived from vertical and horizontal conductivities)