ArcticNet ice beacon GPS position and triplet arrays, 2009, Beaufort Sea

• Main Authors: Barber, David, Lukovich, Jennifer, Babb, David, Galley, Ryan, Geiger, Cathleen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2017
• Subjects: Beaufort Sea; Buoys; Cryosphere; GPS; Gradients; Ice drift; Ice pack motion; Sea ice; ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada; Canada; Triplets; ArcticNet; ice pack
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5884/12709; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=12709

Sea ice drift data were obtained from an array of ten ice beacons and one ice mass balance buoy launched from the CCGS Amundsen in the marginal ice zone of the southern Beaufort Sea in September, 2009. From this array, four triangular configurations were selected, hereinafter referred to as triplets A to D, to monitor sea ice deformation with initial inter-beacon distances of approximately 11, 11, 11.5, and 7 km for the shortest leg, and 15, 37, 11.5, and 12.5 km for the longest leg, respectively. Triplets A to D were deployed on multiyear ice (MYI) and labeled according to their proximity to the continental coastline, with Triplet A located closest to the coastline and then sequentially further away through to Triplet D. Position coordinates were available for all beacons in: Triplet A until October 6th; Triplet B until November 4th; Triplet C until November 25th, and Triplet D until November 3rd, yielding time intervals with durations of 28, 56, 77, and 59 days, respectively. : Purpose: This data set was developed to examine sea ice drift and deformation in the southern Beaufort Sea using sea ice beacons deployed in triplets at varying distances from the coastline in September, 2009. Data are organized and analyzed to visualize sea ice drift and differential drift patterns associated with abrupt sea-ice drift trajectory changes due to synoptic weather patterns and coastline constraints. : Summary: Not Applicable