Parent metadata record for all metadata created from the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012-2013 season - Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment

• Other Authors: MEINERS, KLAUS (hasPrincipalInvestigator), MEINERS, KLAUS (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: oceans; MICROALGAE; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; PLANTS; SEA ICE; CRYOSPHERE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; ZOOPLANKTON; BIOSPHERE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; PLANKTON; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; ALBEDO; SNOW/ICE; ICE DEFORMATION; ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS; ICE EDGES; ICE EXTENT; ICE FLOES; ICE GROWTH/MELT; ICE TYPES; ICEBERGS; LEADS; PACK ICE; POLYNYAS; SALINITY; SEA ICE AGE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA ICE ELEVATION; SEA ICE MOTION; SNOW DEPTH; SNOW MELT; BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY; BATHYMETRY; WATER DEPTH; EUPHAUSIIDS (KRILL); ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; ARTHROPODS; CRUSTACEANS; CONDUCTIVITY; SALINITY/DENSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTISTS; MICROWAVE; SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING; OCEAN WAVES; SIPEX; SIPEX II; ICE STATIONS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE LOGGERS; CONDUCTIVITY METERS; SALINOMETERS; TRAWL; ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS; CORING DEVICES; R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis; ROV > Remotely Operated Vehicles; AUVS > Autonomous Underwater Vehicles; HELICOPTER; BUOYS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; East Antarctica; Terra Firma; Antarc*; Antarctica; aurora australis; Australian Antarctic Division; ice algae; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/parent-metadata-metadata-ecosystem-experiment/701640; https://doi.org/10.26179/5d2806fa41851; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/SIPEX_II; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

More than 50 scientists from eight countries conducted the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment 2012 (SIPEX-2). The 2012 voyage built on information and observations collected in 2007, by re-visiting the study area at about 100-120 degrees East. This was the culmination of years of preparation for the Australian Antarctic Division and, more specifically, the ACE CRC sea-ice group who lead this international, multi-disciplinary, sea ice voyage to East Antarctica. Work began at the sea-ice edge and penetrated the pack ice towards the coastal land-fast ice. The purpose of SIPEX-2 was to investigate relationships between the physical sea-ice environment, marine biogeochemistry and the structure of Southern Ocean ecosystems. While the scientists and crew did not set foot on Antarctic terra firma, a number of multi-day research stations were set up on suitable sea ice floes, and a range of novel and state-of-the-art instruments were used. These included: A Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to observe and film (with an on-board video camera) krill, and to quantify the distribution and amount of sea ice algae associated with ice floes. An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to study the three-dimensional under-ice topography of ice floes. Helicopter-borne instruments to measure snow and ice thickness, floe size and sea ice type. Instruments included a scanning laser altimeter, infrared radiometer, microwave radiometer, camera and GPS. Sea ice accelerometer buoys to measure sea ice wave interaction and its effect on floe-size distribution. Customised pumping systems and light-traps to catch krill from below the ice and on the sea floor. Available at the provided URL in this record, is a link to a file containing the locations of all ice stations from this voyage.