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ASAC_1164_AM01_MicroCAT

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Citation
Allison, I. and Craven, M. (2013) Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM01 Seabird MicroCAT CTD moorings at three depths in ocean cavity beneath the shelf, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/525E08116F69D, Accessed: 2026-05-21
Title
Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM01 Seabird MicroCAT CTD moorings at three depths in ocean cavity beneath the shelf
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/525E08116F69D
Created Date
2004-09-30
Revision Date
2019-03-13
Parent record
ASAC_1164_AM01

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    Description

    AM01 borehole drilled January 2002.

    Data being collected at annual re-visits to site.

    Consult Readme file for detail of data files and formats. A word document providing further information is also available as part of the download.

    All of the .dat files of data can be viewed with a text editor such as Wordpad.

    New information added:

    July 2006,
    September 2009.

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    Quality

    See Readme file and calibration document ... SeaBird MicroCAT CTD units placed at three depths in the 360 m deep ocean cavity beneath the ice shelf (20 m below ice-water interface, mid cavity, and 40 m up from sea bed) ... ongoing recording until batteries fail, expected lifetime is 3 years ... problem with failures in the pressure housings, but salinity and temperature data ok.

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download at the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude: -69.44

    Longitude: 71.42

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • PRESSURE
    • AMERY ICE SHELF
    • HOT WATER DRILL
    • AMISOR
    • SALINITY
    • TEMPERATURE

    Locations

    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
    • FIELD INVESTIGATION

    Instruments

    • Conductivity, Temperature, Depth

    Researchers

    • allison, ian (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • craven, mike (TECHNICAL CONTACT,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=ASAC_1164_AM01_MicroCAT when using these data.

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