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SIPEX_II_Snowpits

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Citation
Leonard, K., Maksym, T. and Commonwealth of Australia (2019) Snowpit measurements made from ice stations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5d2be42bc08ed, Accessed: 2026-05-17
Title
Snowpit measurements made from ice stations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.26179/5d2be42bc08ed
Created Date
2013-02-26
Revision Date
2025-10-30
Expected Date of Data Release
2019-12-23
Data Version
1
Parent record
SIPEX_II

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    Description

    Note - these data should be used with caution. The chief investigator for the dataset has indicated that a better quality dataset exists, but the AADC have been unable to attain it for archive.



    In addition to snow pits dug by other groups, several snow pits were dug at IMB/AWS deployment sites and at snow mast sites. Dates, locations, personnel, and purpose are listed in Table 1.

    Many of the data files include the raw weight measurements including the mass of the snow density shovel along with the snow. This needs to be corrected using the snow density shovel weight appropriate to each pit.

    Table 1 Snow Pits (comma separated)

    Date,Location,Personnel,Comments
    2012-10-04,Floe 3 radiometer site,Katie,Full-depth snow density profile for evaluation of SMP data
    2012-10-08,Floe 4 drift mast,Katie,Full-depth snow density profile for evaluation of SMP data
    2012-10-14,Floe 6 buoy 1,Katie,Full-depth snow density profile for evaluation of SAMS WHOI-3 data
    2012-10-14,Floe 6 buoy 2,Katie,Full-depth snow density profile for evaluation of SAMS WHOI-5 data
    2012-10-20,Floe 7 drift mast,Ted,Snow pit to characterise snow at ice station 7 drift mast site
    2012-10-23,Floe 7 drift mast,Katie,Full-depth snow density profile for evaluation of SMP data
    2012-10-28,Helicopter buoy install,Petra,Snow pit for evaluation of SAMS- WHOI-4 buoy data
    2012-10-29,Helicopter buoy install,Petra,Snow pit for evaluation of SAMS- TASI2-1 buoy data
    2012-11-01,Floe 8,Ted,Snow pit for evaluation of WHOI-2 buoy data
    2012-11-04,Floe 6 buoy re-install,Ted,Snow pit for evaluation of WHOI-6 buoy data

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    Quality

    Note - these data should be used with caution. The chief investigator for the dataset has indicated that a better quality dataset exists, but the AADC have been unable to attain it for archive.

    Access

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

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -64.8769
    Southernmost:
    -64.9586

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    120.8998
    Easternmost:
    121.0287

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • SIPEX

    Locations

    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

      None

    Instruments

    • RADIOMETERS
    • CORING DEVICES

    Researchers

    • leonard, katherine (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
    • maksym, ted (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • commonwealth of australia (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_Snowpits 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
      • CEOS
      • AMD/AU
      • ACE/CRC

      Metadata Revision History

        2013-02-27 - record created by Dave Connell from a template completed by Katherine Leonard. 2019-07-15 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2019-12-23 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data with Chief Scientist approval. 2025-10-30 - record citation updated.

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