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ASPECT

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Citation
Worby, A.P. (2008) ASPECT - Antarctic sea ice thickness distribution from ship observations collected between 1980 - 2004, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/ASPECT, Accessed: 2026-05-16
Title
ASPECT - Antarctic sea ice thickness distribution from ship observations collected between 1980 - 2004
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2008-04-23
Revision Date
2017-04-26
Expected Date of Data Release
2008-04-23
Data Version
1
Parent record
None
Child record
ASPECT_AA020200
ASPECT_AA030393
ASPECT_AA030399
ASPECT_AA040495
ASPECT_AA040593
ASPECT_AA070798
ASPECT_AA070895
ASPECT_AA070899
ASPECT_AA091094
ASPECT_AA101091
ASPECT_AA101097
ASPECT_AA101190
ASPECT_AA101192
ASPECT_AA101193
ASPECT_AA101194
ASPECT_AA111191
ASPECT_AA111298
ASPECT_AA120199
ASPECT_AA121290
ASPECT_AF010292
ASPECT_AF010293
ASPECT_AF010395
ASPECT_AF020388
ASPECT_AF020389
ASPECT_AF020398
ASPECT_AF030390
ASPECT_AF030492
ASPECT_AF030493
ASPECT_AF030494
ASPECT_AF040595
ASPECT_AF040698
ASPECT_AF050692
ASPECT_AF050796
ASPECT_AF050797
ASPECT_AF110191
ASPECT_AF120190
ASPECT_AF120293
ASPeCt-Bio
ASPECT_EN010298
ASPECT_GD070801
ASPECT_IB030389
ASPECT_IB101188
ASPECT_IB111289
ASPECT_KK111195
ASPECT_KK111199
ASPECT_MS010294
ASPECT_MS020281
ASPECT_MS020287
ASPECT_MS020382
ASPECT_MS020384
ASPECT_MS020386
ASPECT_MS020390
ASPECT_MS030495
ASPECT_MS030594
ASPECT_MS030885
ASPECT_NP030495
ASPECT_NP050592
ASPECT_NP050695
ASPECT_NP050698
ASPECT_NP060799
ASPECT_NP070801
ASPECT_NP080895
ASPECT_NP080993
ASPECT_NP080995
ASPECT_NP091001
ASPECT_NP091094
ASPECT_NP120198
ASPECT_NP120299
ASPECT_PA120198
ASPECT_PB111200
ASPECT_PN010297
ASPECT_PN010394
ASPECT_PN060792
ASPECT_PN121200

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    Description

    Ship observations, collected over the period 1980 - 2004, will be used to determine the regional and seasonal variability of the Antarctic sea ice thickness distribution. The thickness of Antarctic sea ice is not well understood, and cannot be determined from remote sensing, yet it plays an integral role in the climate system and is climatically sensitive. This project aims to establish a baseline of sea ice thickness using data compiled from many different countries, which is required by scientists across many disciplines.

    This is a parent record for the project. For details on individual cruises, see the child records.

    This work was completed as part of ASAC project 2669 - ASAC_2699.

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    Quality

    See the child records for further details.

    Access

    See the child records for further details.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -60.0
    Southernmost:
    -80.0

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    -180.0
    Easternmost:
    180.0

    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
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • SHIPS

    Instruments

      None

    Researchers

    • worby, anthony (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • connell, dave (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 when using these data.

    Project

    • Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (Long Name)
    • ASPECT (Short Name)

    ISO Topic

    • OCEANS

    Dataset Language

    • English

    Orignating Centre

    • Australian Antarctic Division

    Dataset Progress

    • COMPLETE

    IDN Node

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

    Publications

    • Brandt R.E., Warren S.G., Worby A.P., Grenfell T.C. (2005) Surface albedo of the Antarctic sea ice zone., Journal of Climate, 18, 17, 3606-3622
    • Timmermann R., Worby A., Goosse H., Fichefet T. (2004) Utilizing the ASPeCt sea ice thickness data set to evaluate a global coupled sea ice ocean model., Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C07017, doi:10.1029/2003JC002242
    • Timmermann R., Worby A., Goosse H., Fichefet T. (2004) Using a coupled sea ice-ocean model to evaluate the ASPeCt sea ice thickness dataset., CAR Open Science Conference Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the Global Systems Bremen, Germany
    • deLiberty T., Geiger C.A., van Woert M., Worby A., Ackley S.F. (2006) Sea-ice thickness for the Southern Ocean derived from ice charts., SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 0310/330
    • Worby A.P., Geiger C.A., van Woert M., Ackley S.F., De Liberty T. (2006) The Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCt) program., SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 0176/330, Poster
    • Worby A., Geiger C., van Woert M., DeLiberty T., Acley S. (2005) Regional and Seasonal Variability in Antarctic sea ice thickness., First CliC International Science Conference, 300, Beijing
    • Worby A., Geiger C., Paget M., van Woert M., Ackley S., DeLiberty T. (2006) The ASPeCt data set recent analysis and applications., International Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness, 15
    • DeLiberty T., Geiger C.A., van Woert M., Worby A., Ackley S. (2006) An evaluation of sea ice thickness as estimated from ice charts for the southern ocean., International Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness, 20, Hobart
    • Paget M., Worby T. (2006) The aspect sea ice observations archive: quality control, processing and management., International Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness, 49, Hobart
    • Ackley S., Worby A. (2006) Antarctic sea ice processes and climate program. The International Polar Year., Ice and Climate News, 7, 12

    Metadata Revision History

      2008-04-24 - record created by Dave Connell as a parent record for the 73 ASPECT metadata records. 2017-01-23 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic udpates.

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