Metadata details

ASAC_1164_AM04_MicroCAT

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Citation
Allison, I. and Craven, M. (2013) Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM04 Seabird MicroCAT CTD moorings at three depths in ocean cavity beneath the shelf, Ver. 3, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/525E1C5A9C7E7, Accessed: 2026-05-21
Title
Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM04 Seabird MicroCAT CTD moorings at three depths in ocean cavity beneath the shelf
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/525E1C5A9C7E7
Created Date
2008-06-25
Revision Date
2019-03-14
Expected Date of Data Release
2013-10-16
Data Version
3
Parent record
ASAC_1164_AM04

Datasets and documents

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    Description

    AM04 borehole drilled January 2006.

    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 Data added:

    September 2009
    November 2011

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    Quality

    See Readme file and calibration document ... SeaBird MicroCAT CTD units placed at three depths in the 400 m deep ocean cavity beneath the ice shelf ... ongoing recording until batteries fail, expected lifetime is 3-5 years ...

    Minimum and maximum depths provided in spatial coverage are approximate only.

    Access

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

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude: -69.9

    Longitude: 70.29

    Minimum Altitude:
    71.6 Metres
    Maximum Altitude:
    71.6 Metres
    Minimum Depth:
    550 Metres
    Maximum Depth:
    1000 Metres

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • AMERY ICE SHELF
    • AMISOR
    • HOT WATER DRILL
    • PRESSURE
    • 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_AM04_MicroCATwhen using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • OCEANS

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

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

      Metadata Revision History

        2008-06-26 - record created by Mike Craven. 2008-07-25 - record updated by Dave Connell - link to data added. 2009-10-16 - record updated by Dave Connell after Mike Craven sent through some data updates in September. 2011-12-01 - record updated by Dave Connell to link 2011 data. 2013-10-16 - record updated by Dave Connell after Mike Craven sent some updated documents and requested a DOI. 2015-03-13 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2019-03-14 - record updated by Dave Connell for ISO compliance.

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