Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region
The Marine Science voyage (VMS) was conducted on the Aurora Australis between 4 January 2011 and 6 February 2011. The voyage incorporated oceanographic measurements along the CLIVAR SR3 Transect and around the Mertz Glacier region. Underwater still images were collected from 93 sites ranging in dept...
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ftdatacite:10.4225/25/5501221ec1872 2023-05-15T13:54:04+02:00 Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region Smith, J. 2011 https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/5501221ec1872 http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/id/dataset/ga/71667 en eng Geoscience Australia dataset Dataset 2011 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.4225/25/5501221ec1872 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The Marine Science voyage (VMS) was conducted on the Aurora Australis between 4 January 2011 and 6 February 2011. The voyage incorporated oceanographic measurements along the CLIVAR SR3 Transect and around the Mertz Glacier region. Underwater still images were collected from 93 sites ranging in depth from 170 m to 2300 m across George V shelf in East Antarctica. The camera equipment was designed and operated by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) marine science support team. The camera was attached to either the CTD frame or the beam trawl frame and lowered to 4-5 m from the seafloor and held in position for 2-15 minutes. All still images were stamped with UTC time. Stations were named according to the frame (e.g. CTD or BT), the sequence number of that particular frame (e.g. CTD53), followed by the instrument used (e.g. CAM for camera) and then the deployment number. For example, BT5_CAM16 was the fifth deployment using the beam trawl frame and the sixteenth camera deployment of the survey overall. For further information please refer to the post-survey report (GA Record 2011/xx - Geocat #71668) Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica aurora australis Australian Antarctic Division East Antarctica Mertz Glacier DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic East Antarctica Mertz Glacier ENVELOPE(144.500,144.500,-67.667,-67.667) |
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The Marine Science voyage (VMS) was conducted on the Aurora Australis between 4 January 2011 and 6 February 2011. The voyage incorporated oceanographic measurements along the CLIVAR SR3 Transect and around the Mertz Glacier region. Underwater still images were collected from 93 sites ranging in depth from 170 m to 2300 m across George V shelf in East Antarctica. The camera equipment was designed and operated by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) marine science support team. The camera was attached to either the CTD frame or the beam trawl frame and lowered to 4-5 m from the seafloor and held in position for 2-15 minutes. All still images were stamped with UTC time. Stations were named according to the frame (e.g. CTD or BT), the sequence number of that particular frame (e.g. CTD53), followed by the instrument used (e.g. CAM for camera) and then the deployment number. For example, BT5_CAM16 was the fifth deployment using the beam trawl frame and the sixteenth camera deployment of the survey overall. For further information please refer to the post-survey report (GA Record 2011/xx - Geocat #71668) |
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Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region |
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Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region |
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Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region |
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Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region |
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still images from voyage marine science (2010/11 vms) to mertz glacier region |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/5501221ec1872 http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/id/dataset/ga/71667 |
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ENVELOPE(144.500,144.500,-67.667,-67.667) |
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