Metadata details
SIPEX_II_Ice_ADCP
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- Citation
- Hutchings, J., Stevens, R., Lecomte, O. and Commonwealth of Australia (2018) Downward looking, ice-mounted ADCP data collection during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5bf347dcb3cb6, Accessed: 2026-05-17
- Title
- Downward looking, ice-mounted ADCP data collection during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/5bf347dcb3cb6
- Created Date
- 2013-01-11
- Revision Date
- 2025-10-30
- Parent record
- SIPEX_II
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
A 600KHz Teledyne RDI Workhorse Sentinel ADCP was deployed through a 10inch auger hole, flush with the base of the ice, looking downwards. At ice stations 2, 3, and 4 the deployment locations was Ridge site 1, the ridge site closest to the ship.
At ice station 7 there were 4 different deployment locations:
- Transducer Hole A, by active ridge on 6th October 2012;
- Trace Metal / Bio Site;
- 100m Core site of ice-physics transect;
- Transducer Hole A, re-drilled on 7th October 2012.
Length of deployment varies from stations to station and was limited by AUV operations, when our ADCP was switched off.
Files contain the data collected in raw format. This format can be read by Teledyne WinSC software. Data files are stored in folders by ice station (see below).
Quality
There are breaks in the time series during ice stations as the 600kHz ADCP operates at the same frequency as the ADCP on the AUV. Hence during AUV missions our ADCP was turned off.
At Ice Station 6 no data were collected as the ADCP power cable and connector failed on deployment.
After ice station 6, we used batteries to power the ADCP. The batteries ran out on 2nd November 2012.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2012-09-26 - Stop date: 2012-09-26
- Start date: 2012-10-03 - Stop date: 2012-10-04
- Start date: 2012-10-06 - Stop date: 2012-10-08
- Start date: 2012-10-19 - Stop date: 2012-10-23
- Start date: 2012-10-28 - Stop date: 2012-11-02
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE
Additional Keywords
- SIPEX
- ADCP
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- R/V Aurora Australis
Instruments
- Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
Researchers
- hutchings, jennifer (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- stevens, roger (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- lecomte, oliver (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
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=SIPEX_II_Ice_ADCP when using these data.
