Metadata details
sea_ice_measurements_database
All scientific data collected by the Australian Antarctic program (AAp) are eventually described in the Catalogue of Australian Antarctic and Subantarctic Metadata (CAASM). CAASM can be used to search through AAp data descriptions, and it also provides links to access publicly available datasets, which can either be immediately downloaded or obtained from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC).
- Citation
- AADC (2019) Extract of data from the sea ice measurements database - 1985-2007, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5cecce40a20b0, Accessed: 2024-04-19
- Title
- Extract of data from the sea ice measurements database - 1985-2007
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/5cecce40a20b0
- Created Date
- 2019-05-28
- Revision Date
- 2019-05-28
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
These data have been extracted from an Australian Antarctic Data Centre application, "Sea ice measurements database". The application has now been discontinued. The download file contains the extracted data, plus a sample data entry form. The extracted data are simply database tables that have been converted to csv format.
Taken from the main page of the application:
This archive contains in-situ measurements of Antarctic sea ice and snow cover properties, collected by many national programs over the past several decades. The data include physical, biological and biogeochemical measurements on ice cores and snow pit samples, as well as ice and snow thickness measurements from drilled transects across ice floes. The data are from all regions of the Antarctic pack ice in many different months of the year.
Data can be submitted online using a standard proforma that can be downloaded from this site. The development of this site was a key recommendation from the International Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness, held in Hobart, Australia in July 2006.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1985-01-05 - Stop date: 2007-09-27
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SALINITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SALINITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > FREEBOARD
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH
Additional Keywords
- SNOW PIT
- SEA ICE MEASUREMENTS
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- SHIPS
Instruments
- CORING DEVICES
- VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS
Researchers
- aadc, data officer (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- connell, dave (DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=sea_ice_measurements_database when using these data.
