Metadata details
SIPEX_II_Passive_Microwave
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- Citation
- Tamura, T. and Lieser, J.L. (2016) Helicopter-borne passive-microwave observations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/577468C56D80A, Accessed: 2026-05-17
- Title
- Helicopter-borne passive-microwave observations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/577468C56D80A
- Created Date
- 2016-06-29
- Revision Date
- 2017-04-26
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2016-06-30
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- SIPEX_II
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This dataset contains sea ice surface brightness temperatures using a portable passive-microwave radiometer operating at 36Ghz-H,V mounted to the undercarriage of a Squirrel helicopter during SIPEX 2, 2012.
This radiometer is the same sensor as satellite passive-microwave radiometer AMSR-E and AMSR2.
Our passive-microwave radiometer is launched on the same helicopter as Jan Lieser's (RAPPAL), so please see the "SIPEX-2 RAPPLS Surveys (Radar, Aerial Photography, Pyrometer, and Laser Scanning system)" metadata file for details of the aircraft. The RAPPLS dataset also contains track (GPS position) and altitude data, which can be used in conjunction with this dataset.
The CSV files in this dataset are the raw files as output by the sensor. These raw data files show only the relevant parameters (time and brightness temperatures).
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2012-09-25 - Stop date: 2012-09-25
- Start date: 2012-09-27 - Stop date: 2012-09-27
- Start date: 2012-10-03 - Stop date: 2012-10-03
- Start date: 2012-10-13 - Stop date: 2012-10-13
- Start date: 2012-10-18 - Stop date: 2012-10-18
- Start date: 2012-10-23 - Stop date: 2012-10-23
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE
Additional Keywords
- Passive Microwave
- SIPEX
- Brightness temperature
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- R/V Aurora Australis
- HELICOPTER
Instruments
- MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
Researchers
- tamura, takeshi (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- lieser, jan (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_Passive_Microwave when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
- OCEANS
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD/AU
- AMD
- CEOS
- ACE/CRC
Publications
- Tamura, T., Ohshima, K. I., Lieser, J. L., Toyota, T., Tateyama, K., Nomura, D., Nakata, K., Fraser, A. D., Jansen, P, W., Newbery, K. B., Massom, R. A. and Ushio, S. (2015) Helicopter-borne observations with portable microwave radiometer in the Southern Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk, Annals of Glaciology, 56(69), 436–444, doi:10.3189/2015AoG69A621
Metadata Revision History
2013-01-17 - record created by Dave Connell. 2016-06-30 - record updated by Jan Lieser.
