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ASPECT_AA030399

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Worby, A.P. (2001) Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V6 1998/99, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/ASPECT_AA030399, Accessed: 2026-05-16
Title
Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V6 1998/99
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2001-07-25
Revision Date
2017-04-26
Parent record
ASPECT

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    Description

    These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.
    These data are in the ASPeCt format.

    National program: Australia
    Vessel: Aurora Australis
    Dates in ice: 20 Mar 1999 - 26 Mar 1999
    Observers: Petra Heil

    Summary of voyage track:
    20/3 Ice edge at approx. 65S, 65E
    20-21/3 Ice edge to Mawson
    24-26/3 Mawson to Davis

    The fields in this dataset are:
    SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
    SEA ICE FLOE SIZE
    SEA ICE SNOW COVER
    SEA ICE THICKNESS
    SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY
    SEA ICE TYPE
    RECORD
    DATE
    TIME
    LATITUDE
    LONGITUDE
    OPEN WATER
    TRACK
    SNOW THICKNESS
    SNOW TYPE
    SEA TEMPERATURE
    AIR TEMPERATURE
    WIND VELOCITY
    WIND DIRECTION
    FILM COUNTER
    FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM
    VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER
    VISIBILITY CODE
    CLOUD
    WEATHER CODE
    COMMENTS

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    Quality

    Each parameter is assigned a data quality flag as defined below:

    Flag 1: Error free
    Flag 2: Dubious. Non-specific errors
    Flag 3: Known errors exist that can be fixed
    Flag 4: Known errors exist that cannot be fixed
    Flag 5: No data - not observed
    Flag 6: Data in analog format only

    Time and position: 1
    Total ice concentration: 1
    Open water: 1
    Pri ice concentration: 1
    Pri ice type: 1
    Pri ice thickness: 1
    Pri floe size: 1
    Pri topography: 1
    Pri snow type: 1
    Pri snow thickness: 1
    Sec ice concentration: 1
    Sec ice type: 1
    Sec ice thickness: 1
    Sec floe size: 1
    Sec topography: 1
    Sec snow type: 1
    Sec snow thickness: 1
    Ter ice concentration: 1
    Ter ice type: 1
    Ter ice thickness: 1
    Ter floe size: 1
    Ter topography: 1
    Ter snow type: 1
    Ter snow thickness: 1
    Air temperature: 1
    Water temperature: 1
    Wind speed: 1
    Wind direction: 1
    Cloud: 1
    Current weather: 1
    Visibility: 1
    Video reading: 5
    Photo (film no.): 5
    Photo (frame no.): 5
    Comments: 1

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL and from the ASPECT website. Note that to use the original log files, you will also need to download the provided software in order to extract the data.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -65.0
    Southernmost:
    -69.0

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    62.0
    Easternmost:
    77.0

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • AIR TEMPERATURE
    • CLOUD
    • COMMENTS
    • DATE
    • FILM COUNTER
    • FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM
    • LATITUDE
    • LONGITUDE
    • OPEN WATER
    • RECORD
    • SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
    • SEA ICE FLOE SIZE
    • SEA ICE SNOW COVER
    • SEA ICE THICKNESS
    • SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY
    • SEA ICE TYPE
    • SEA TEMPERATURE
    • SNOW THICKNESS
    • SNOW TYPE
    • TIME
    • TRACK
    • VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER
    • VISIBILITY CODE
    • WEATHER CODE
    • WIND DIRECTION
    • WIND VELOCITY

    Locations

    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • SHIPS
    • R/V Aurora Australis

    Instruments

      None

    Researchers

    • worby, anthony (INVESTIGATOR,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=ASPECT_AA030399 when using these data.

    Authors should acknowledge use of the ASPeCt data archive - "The ship-based sea ice and snow thickness data were provided by the SCAR Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCt) program (aspect.antarctica.gov.au)".

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