Metadata details

AIS_1968_met_obs

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Citation
Data officer, AADC (2024) Amery Ice Shelf Weather Observations in 1968, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/0tbx-3573, Accessed: 2026-06-10
Title
Amery Ice Shelf Weather Observations in 1968
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.26179/0tbx-3573
Created Date
2012-04-03
Revision Date
2024-02-26
Expected Date of Data Release
2024-02-26
Data Version
1
Parent record
None

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    Description

    In 1968 the Australian Antarctic Division had a group of four men spend over a year on the Amery Ice Shelf. As part of their program of work, they took regular (usually daily) records of the weather where they were located. Observations included wind speed, wind direction, temperature, air pressure, cloud cover, and general notes about the weather condition.

    All log books have been archived at the Australian Antarctic Division.

    A copy of the weather observations logbook is available for download from the provided URL. See other Amery Ice Shelf, 1968 metadata records for access to other available log books.

    AMERY ICE SHELF PARTY - February 1968 to February 1969
    all IN on V2(67-68) all OUT on V2(68-69)
    Officer-in-Charge: Maxwell John Corry
    Medical Officer: Julian R Sansom
    Engineer(Electronics): Alan H F Nickols
    Senior Diesel Mechanic: Neville Joseph Collins

    Conducted a glaciological programme including ice drilling and surveying the Lambert Glacier

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    Access

    The dataset is publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -68
    Southernmost:
    -74

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    65
    Easternmost:
    74

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • Amery Ice Shelf
    • Meteorology

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • FIELD INVESTIGATION

    Instruments

    • TEMPERATURE SENSORS
    • BAROMETERS

    Researchers

    • aadc, data officer (INVESTIGATOR)
    • anderson, jason (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=AIS_1968_met_obs when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • AMD
      • CEOS
      • ACE/CRC

      Metadata Revision History

        2012-12-06 - record updated by Dave Connell for ANDS compliance (added Investigator). 2014-11-25 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2024-02-26 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a scanned copy of the logbook.

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