(Table 1) Ice floe size and other characteristics during aerial observations in Prydz Bay, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Lu, P, Li, Z J, Zhang, Zhongshi, Dong, X L
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: Aerial photography; AERP; Distance; Event label; Ice floe; area; perimeter; Ice floe size; mean; Identification; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Mean caliper diameter (MCD) according to Rothrock & Thorndike (1984); Number; Prydz_Bay-AOI1; Prydz_Bay-AOI2; Prydz Bay; Ratio; Roundness; Standard deviation; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; International Polar Year; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.815885; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.815885

On the basis of aerial photographs of sea ice floes in the marginal ice zone (MIZ) of Prydz Bay acquired from December 2004 to February 2005 during the 21st Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition, image processing techniques are employed to extract some geometric parameters of floes from two...