The SCAR International Iceberg Database
In the period between the austral summers of 1982/83 to 1997/98, iceberg observations were recorded by most research vessels cruising Antarctic waters, under an international programme for systematic collection of Antarctic iceberg data initiated by The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) in 1981 with t...
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npolardata:oai:npolar.no:dataset/e4b9a604-1b64-4890-9f21-56b5589807c4 2024-03-03T22:15:36+00:00 The SCAR International Iceberg Database Orheim, Olav Bjørdal, Are BEGINDATE: 1982-10-01 ENDDATE: 2010-06-30 ENVELOPE(-180.0,180.0,-45.0,-80.0) CONTINENT, ANTARCTICA, Southern Ocean GEOGRAPHIC REGION, POLAR 2021-04-19 application/zip http://data.npolar.no/dataset/e4b9a604-1b64-4890-9f21-56b5589807c4 unknown Norwegian Polar Institute CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE ENVIRONMENT GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION OCEANS icebergs climate environment glaciology marine oceanography seaice EARTH SCIENCE SEA ICE ICEBERGS CRYOSPHERE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS SALINITY/DENSITY Dataset 2021 npolardata 2023-06-29T11:22:19Z In the period between the austral summers of 1982/83 to 1997/98, iceberg observations were recorded by most research vessels cruising Antarctic waters, under an international programme for systematic collection of Antarctic iceberg data initiated by The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) in 1981 with the endorsement of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The resulting database contains records of 320 493 iceberg positions from 26 601 individual observations. Of these, 259 479 icebergs have been classified by size into five different length categories: 10-50, 50-200, 200-500, 500-1000 and ˃1000 m. The database also includes 8061 additional iceberg observations collected by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ships from 1984 (AAD), operating in the 50-150° E longitude sector. Some of these have been classified by slightly different size categories. For this reason, the complete database has been packaged in three separate csv files: - one file containing the entire NPI database, including AAD observations 1978-1984 - one file containing the 8061 additional AAD observations 1984-2010 - one file containing 970 AAD observations 1978-1984, also included in the NPI data file The dataset is described in detail in the attached data report, with an overview of the contents of the database and their potential use, the data quality and quality control process, and some concluding remarks on iceberg occurrence and distribution around Antarctica; drift patterns, dissolution rates, calving rates and their contribution to the mass balance of Antarctica. During the three decades of observations, most of the ocean around Antarctica has been observed, but there are large differences in data density, primarily because nearly all ship tracks follow repeated routes to the various research stations, and these are not evenly located around the continent. ![Iceberg_fig_1](https://api.npolar.no/dataset/e4b9a604-1b64-4890-9f21-56b5589807c4/_file/58de3afd6de75739aa703a2436bcece8?key=c85850dff2e1080df54bf998307a21f5+3jkmI9EHxWcDdY4KznXK6aFzDxWtoD6k) Figure 1: The 34 695 individual observations in the SCAR database shown as blue dots for the NPI data collection scheme with 5 classes and red for the AAD data with 7 classes (described in subsequent sections). The red dots overprint and hide many blue dots. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Iceberg* Norwegian Polar Institute SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Sea ice Southern Ocean Norwegian Polar Data Centre Antarctic Austral Southern Ocean ENVELOPE(-180.0,180.0,-45.0,-80.0) |
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE ENVIRONMENT GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION OCEANS icebergs climate environment glaciology marine oceanography seaice EARTH SCIENCE SEA ICE ICEBERGS CRYOSPHERE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS SALINITY/DENSITY |
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE ENVIRONMENT GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION OCEANS icebergs climate environment glaciology marine oceanography seaice EARTH SCIENCE SEA ICE ICEBERGS CRYOSPHERE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS SALINITY/DENSITY Orheim, Olav Bjørdal, Are The SCAR International Iceberg Database |
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE ENVIRONMENT GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION OCEANS icebergs climate environment glaciology marine oceanography seaice EARTH SCIENCE SEA ICE ICEBERGS CRYOSPHERE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS SALINITY/DENSITY |
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In the period between the austral summers of 1982/83 to 1997/98, iceberg observations were recorded by most research vessels cruising Antarctic waters, under an international programme for systematic collection of Antarctic iceberg data initiated by The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) in 1981 with the endorsement of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The resulting database contains records of 320 493 iceberg positions from 26 601 individual observations. Of these, 259 479 icebergs have been classified by size into five different length categories: 10-50, 50-200, 200-500, 500-1000 and ˃1000 m. The database also includes 8061 additional iceberg observations collected by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ships from 1984 (AAD), operating in the 50-150° E longitude sector. Some of these have been classified by slightly different size categories. For this reason, the complete database has been packaged in three separate csv files: - one file containing the entire NPI database, including AAD observations 1978-1984 - one file containing the 8061 additional AAD observations 1984-2010 - one file containing 970 AAD observations 1978-1984, also included in the NPI data file The dataset is described in detail in the attached data report, with an overview of the contents of the database and their potential use, the data quality and quality control process, and some concluding remarks on iceberg occurrence and distribution around Antarctica; drift patterns, dissolution rates, calving rates and their contribution to the mass balance of Antarctica. During the three decades of observations, most of the ocean around Antarctica has been observed, but there are large differences in data density, primarily because nearly all ship tracks follow repeated routes to the various research stations, and these are not evenly located around the continent. ![Iceberg_fig_1](https://api.npolar.no/dataset/e4b9a604-1b64-4890-9f21-56b5589807c4/_file/58de3afd6de75739aa703a2436bcece8?key=c85850dff2e1080df54bf998307a21f5+3jkmI9EHxWcDdY4KznXK6aFzDxWtoD6k) Figure 1: The 34 695 individual observations in the SCAR database shown as blue dots for the NPI data collection scheme with 5 classes and red for the AAD data with 7 classes (described in subsequent sections). The red dots overprint and hide many blue dots. |
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Orheim, Olav Bjørdal, Are |
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Orheim, Olav Bjørdal, Are |
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The SCAR International Iceberg Database |
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The SCAR International Iceberg Database |
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The SCAR International Iceberg Database |
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The SCAR International Iceberg Database |
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The SCAR International Iceberg Database |
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scar international iceberg database |
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Norwegian Polar Institute |
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2021 |
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http://data.npolar.no/dataset/e4b9a604-1b64-4890-9f21-56b5589807c4 |
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BEGINDATE: 1982-10-01 ENDDATE: 2010-06-30 ENVELOPE(-180.0,180.0,-45.0,-80.0) CONTINENT, ANTARCTICA, Southern Ocean GEOGRAPHIC REGION, POLAR |
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ENVELOPE(-180.0,180.0,-45.0,-80.0) |
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Antarctic Austral Southern Ocean |
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Antarctic Austral Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Iceberg* Norwegian Polar Institute SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Iceberg* Norwegian Polar Institute SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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