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ASAC_1164_AM06_ADCP

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Citation
Rosenberg, M., Galton-Fenzi, B.K. and Gamble Rosevear, M. (2021) Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole AM06, RDI 300 kHz ADCP ocean velocity data 2010-2011, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/r16w-am36, Accessed: 2026-05-07
Title
Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole AM06, RDI 300 kHz ADCP ocean velocity data 2010-2011
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.26179/r16w-am36
Created Date
2021-10-18
Revision Date
2021-10-28
Expected Date of Data Release
2021-10-29
Data Version
1
Parent record
ASAC_1164_AM06

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    Description

    This dataset contains time-series of current profiles from beneath the Amery Ice Shelf obtained from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) (RDI 300 kHz broadband Workhorse) on the AM06 mooring string. The ADCP was positioned ~108 m below the base of the ice shelf and oriented to look upwards (i.e. toward the base of the shelf) to examine the water cavity boundary layer and the range (distance) from the instrument to the ice-ocean interface. Accounting for instrument displacement by ocean currents, changes in range are expected to be indicative of basal melting.

    The dataset contains ~1 year of velocity data from 07/01/2010 sampled at 30 minute intervals. In the vertical, the ADCP sampled 27 bins, with a measurement every 4m. Key variables in the dataset include ocean velocity (u, v, w), instrument orientation (pitch, roll, heading) and distance from the instrument to the ice shelf base (btdistance), as well as quality control parameters such as beam correlation (avbeamcor), strength of the return/echo amplitude (ampav) and velocity error (errv).

    Two data files are archived here, the raw data "adcp_am06_1noqc.nc" and the quality-controlled data "adcp_am06_1qc.nc". Descriptions of the quality control and post-processing are found in "readme.rtf" and notes and preliminary plots are found in "borehole2010_11.pdf".

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    Access

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

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66
    Southernmost:
    -75

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    59
    Easternmost:
    80

    Data Resolution

    Vertical Resolution:
    4 Metre(s)
    Temporal Resolution:
    30 Minute(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • AMERY ICE SHELF

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > AMERY ICE SHELF
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > AMERY ICE SHELF

    Platforms

    • FIELD INVESTIGATION

    Instruments

    • Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

    Researchers

    • rosenberg, mark (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
    • galton-fenzi, ben (INVESTIGATOR)
    • gamble rosevear, madelaine (INVESTIGATOR,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_AM06_ADCP when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • OCEANS
      • CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • AMD
      • CEOS

      Metadata Revision History

        2021-10-18 - record created by Madi Rosevear.

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