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1. The influence of water and nutrient availability on bryophyte communities in continental Antarctica [ASAC_1087]
Bryophyte Ecophysiology - response to water and nutrients. This project is also related to ASAC project 1313 (ASAC_1313) - Impact of global climate change on Antarctic flora: long-term monitoring ...


2. Stratospheric Aerosols and PSC lidar optical properties profiles at Dumont d'Urville, Antarctica [209_0_IPEV_FR]
Instrument History: Since 1989, France leads a monitoring program on human impacts on the Antarctic polar stratosphere. A set of instruments designed to measure ozone and parameters linked to its ...


3. Vestfold Hills Route GIS Dataset [vestfold_route_gis]
Routes in the area of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. This layer is stored as two datasets (point and line) in the Geographical Information System (GIS). Point data represents waypoints. Line data ...


4. Earth gravity field for ice thickness data: LGB traverses 1989-95 [LGB_Gra_traverse]
The Lambert Glacier Basin (LGB) series of five oversnow traverses were conducted from 1989-95. LaCoste and Romberg gravity meters were used to record measurements of the Earth's gravity field approximately ...


5. Mawson Station Antarctica Ice Thickness Data [AADC-00106]
This dataset contains records of ice thickness and snow thickness from Mawson, Antarctica. Measurements are attempted on a weekly basis and have been recorded since 1954 and are ongoing, although ...


6. Rotational temperature studies of the hydroxyl airglow layer above Davis, Antarctica. [Davis_OH_airglow]
These OH rotational temperature data are derived from spectra collected with a Czerny-Turner scanning grating spectrometer operating at Davis station (69S, 78E), Antarctica (see Greet et al., 1998; ...


7. Cardiovascular Research in Antartica [AADC-00084]
This ANARE Research Note examines the modification of major mutable cardiovascular risk factors in members of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE), in isolation for a year ...


8. Davis Station Antarctica Ice Thickness Data [AADC-00108]
This dataset contains records of ice thickness and snow thickness from Davis Antarctica. Measurements are attempted on a weekly basis and have been recorded since 1962 and are ongoing, although data ...


9. Digital terrain model of Antarctica in ESRI Grid format, derived from ERS Radar Altimeter data. [ERS_DTM_GRID_ANT]
ESRI formatted raster grid of the Antarctic Continental terrain, derived from ERS radar altimeter data. The grid has 'no data' cells in latitudes south of 82 degrees south and steep areas of the continent, ...


10. A GIS dataset of bird nests mapped in the Windmill Islands during the 2002-2003 season [BIRDSCASEY0203]
Very little information is known about the distribution and abundance of snow petrels at the regional scale. This dataset contains locations of bird nests, mostly snow petrels, mapped in the Windmill ...


11. Snow Petrel data collected around Casey Station during February 2000 by Eric Woehler and Lee Belbin [ASAC_1219_AAT_SPet_C_00]   PARENT DIF
The survey was completed as part of ASAC project 1219 (ASAC_1219) during 1999/00 summer at Casey during resupply. GPS data were collected for all snow petrel nest located during intensive searches ...


12. Latitudinal Gradient Project - Australian contributions [LGP]
This record relates to the Australian component of the Latitudinal Gradient Project. The LGP is largely a New Zealand, US and Italian venture, but a small contribution has been made by Australian ...


13. Extents of Antarctic sea ice - GIS data [sea_ice_extent_gis]
This dataset represents extents of Antarctic sea ice derived from passive microwave data. It includes: maximum and minimum sea ice extent based on 1989 - 99 data; maximum sea ice extent by month ...


14. AAD publications database [AAD_Publications]
This database is a catalogue for the list of publications held by the Australian Antarctic Division. The database is available online at the URL given below. In some cases, pdf downloads are available, ...


15. IPY: Collaborative Proposal: Constraining the Mass-Balance Deficit of the Amundsen Coast's Glaciers [Gogineni_0631994]
This award supports a project to gather data to better understand the mass balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, in the Pine Island and Thwaites region, through the combination of radar altimetry ...


16. Dataloggers at Mawson's Hut, Cape Denison - microclimate measurements [Mawsons_Huts_Dataloggers]   PARENT DIF
Dataloggers were installed in a number of locations inside and outside Mawson's Huts at Cape Denison. The dataloggers measure temperature and relative humidity for the purpose of helping gauge corrosivity ...


17. Antarctica - Wilkes Land ice velocity from over_snow traverse Doppler Satellite Position data [AAD_Ant_WLD_ice_vel]
Measurements of ice velocity on the surface of the ice sheet in Wilkes Land East Antarctica were made along the routes of oversnow traverses operating out of Casey (66.6 S 110 E). In general, measurements ...


18. Ice sheet surface velocity data: LGB traverses 1989-95 [LGB_Vel_traverse]
The ANARE Lambert Glacier Basin (LGB) series of oversnow traverses were conducted during the period 1989-95. Field operations were carried out along the proximity of the 2500 m elevation contour around ...


19. Quality of Potable Water at Australian Antarctic and Subantarctic Stations [SOE_potable_water_quality]
INDICATOR DEFINITION Potable water quality measured monthly at Australian Antarctic and Subantarctic Stations. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in this report: 1.Describes ...


20. Radio-echo sounding (RES) ice thickness data: LGB traverses 1990-95 [LGB_RES_traverse]
The Lambert Glacier Basin (LGB) series of five oversnow traverses were conducted from 1989-95. The ANARE 100 MHz digital ice radar operated from the second traverse (1990/91) and recorded ice thicknesses ...


21. Shallow ice core data: LGB traverses 1989-95 [LGB_Cor_traverse]
The Lambert Glacier Basin (LGB) series of five oversnow traverses were conducted from 1989-95. Several shallow depth ice cores (15-60 m) were drilled at selected sites along 2014 km of the main traverse ...


22. Snow accumulation rate data: LGB traverses 1989-95 [LGB_Acc_traverse]
The Lambert Glacier Basin (LGB) series of five oversnow traverses were conducted from 1989-95. Snow accumulation rate measurements were recorded every 2 km along the 2014 km main traverse track from ...


23. Zooplankton Samples (MTD) collected by JARE in 1976-1979. [NIPR-M2]
Zooplankton were collected using a MTD net on board the Fuji on the Antarctic ocean from 1976 to 1979. Zooplankton were classified into groups. The input data capacity of latitude ...


24. Palaeontology and Palaeoenvironment of the Marine Plain area (Vestfold Hills) in the Pliocene [ASAC_884]
This project is very closely related to ASAC project 666 (ASAC_666). See that project for more details. A copy of the masters thesis arising from the project is attached to the record. Physical ...


25. Structure and dynamics of the Sorsdal Glacier [ASAC_1205]
---- Public Summary from Project ---- The Sorsdal Glacier, located in the vicinity of the Davis Station, is one of the key polar outlet glaciers that contributes to the drainage of the East Antarctic ...


26. Antarctic Drifting Buoys [AADC-00103]
This dataset contains data from drifting buoys that are along the ice edge or frozen into the ice. The data are observed around the Australian sector of Antarctica and have been recorded since February ...


27. International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB) [IPAB]
The International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB) is run by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). IPAB is a self-sustaining project of the WCRP, and provides a link between institutions ...


28. Observatory Operations - Riometer and Magnetometer Data from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Riometer Data from Macquarie Island [ASAC_527]
An analogue data acquisition system (ADAS), designed to collect time-stamped, time series data from any analogue signal is currently used to log data from the riometer, magnetic pulsations and fluxgate ...


29. Aerial Surveys of Adelie Penguins at Mawson Station Antarctica [ASAC_1219_AAT_Img_APen_M]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains the results from aerial surveys of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscellis adeliae) in the Mawson Station region, Antarctica. The surveys are used to determine population numbers, distributions ...


30. Geoscience Australia Geophysical Observatories [ASAC_760]
Geoscience Australia Geophysical Observatories Note, there are separate meta-data records for Geomagnetism and for seismology/nuclear monitoring. Brief summary: AGSO operates ...


31. Magnetic Observations [Absolutes]
Final one minute average values of the absolute geomagnetic field in the north (X), east (Y) and vertical (Z) components in units of nanoTesla (nT). Magnetic variometer data have been collected at ...


32. Direct Molecular Analysis of Antarctica and Southern Ocean Microbial Communities [ASAC_867]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 867 See the link below for public details on this project. Dataset Sea-ice bacteria data are associated with ASAC_1012 and included there Data for bacteria ...


33. Methanotrophs in Antarctica [ASAC_869]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 869 See the link below for public details on this project. Dataset included are for the characterisation of methanotrophs from saline lakes of the Vestfold ...


34. Mawson Station - Total station survey, February 2002 [gis30]
This GIS dataset is comprised of polygons representing the new Hazardous Goods Store and water tank at Mawson Station, Antarctica. The data were derived from a total station survey by Aaron Read on ...


35. Amery shallow ice coring [ASAC_1224]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1224 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- Ice core drilling is used to extract information from glacial ...


36. Cenozoic History of the East Antarctic Icesheet - Studies of the Pagodroma Tillite and Related Strate, Prince Charles Mountains [ASAC_755]
From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers: During November and December 1985, we examined outcrops of the Sirius Formation in the Miller, Queen Alexandra (The Cloudmaker), and Dominion ...


37. Ecology and Zoogeography of Parasites of Antarctic Fish [ASAC_67]
The body surface, mouth, gills, internal organs and tissues of 368 teleost fish of 26 species from Prydz Bay, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Davis Station and Casey Station in Antarctica were examined ...


38. Selected geomorphologic and stratigraphic investigations, Vestfold Hills [ASAC_959]
From the short note: The ANTARES Accelerator Mass Spectrometry facility at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) is conducting a comprehensive program in the application ...


39. The Biostratigraphy of Middle and Late Cambrian Faunas of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica [ASAC_143]
Most of the material refers to northern Victoria Land and was collected over two summer seasons (1974-75 with NZARP and in 1981-82 as part of the International North Victoria Land Expedition which ...


40. Upper Palaeozoic Studies - Amery Group at Beaver Lake [ASAC_53]
From the abstract of the referenced papers: The northern Prince Charles Mountains overlook the western side of the 700km long Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf drainage system. Within these mountains, ...


41. Photosynthetic rates of Antarctic sea-ice algae [ASAC_854]
From the abstract of one of the papers: Oxygen microelectrodes were used to measure the photosynthetic rates of Antarctic fast ice algal mats. Using the oxygen flux across the diffusive boundary ...


42. Sedimentary Processes in the Fjord-like Embayments of the Vestfold and Larsemann Hills [ASAC_705]
Ellis Fjord is a small, fjord-like marine embayment in the vestfold Hills, eastern Antarctica. Modern sediment input is dominated by a biogenic diatom rain, although aeolian, fluvial, ice-rafted, ...


43. Taxonomy of Halophiles from Antarctic Soils [ASAC_253]
A number of moderate halophiles tolerating 10-15% salt, and extreme halophiles tolerating 22% salt were isolated from soils of the Vestfold Hills. The extreme halophiles were identified as Halomonas ...


44. Trace Element Chemistry of Antarctic Saline Lakes and Fjords [ASAC_568]
From the referenced paper: The frigid concentration or freezing of seawater is an important natural phenomenon in the polar regions and results in the precipitation of a different sequence of salts ...


45. Deterioration studies, archaeological investigations and structural assessments of Mawson's Huts (Cape Denison) [ASAC_2283]   CHILD DIFs
This record is concerned with the measurement of deterioration processes affecting historic sites. Temperature and relative humidity data were collected from sensors inside Mawson's Huts. The data ...


46. Molecular Taxonomy of an Antarctic, Mycoplasma-like Organism: Sequence of the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene [ASAC_504]
An obligately anaerobic bacterium that lacked a cell wall was isolated from the hypolimnion of Ace Lake, Antarctica. Cells were very pleomorphic, forming cocci, filaments up to 25 micrometres in ...


47. Production and Fate of Dissolved and Particulate Organic Matter During Antarctic Phytoplankton Blooms [ASAC_630]
From the abstract of one of the papers: Phytoplankton biomass and speciation were monitored at an inshore site near Davis Station, East Antarctica during three consecutive summer seasons (December-February, ...


48. Basin Analysis of the Permo-Triassic Amery Group, Northern Prince Charles Mountains [ASAC_1]
From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers: Megafloral remains recovered from the Jetty Member and the upper part of the Flagstone Bench Formation, Amery Group include Dicroidium and Pagiophyllum. ...


49. Molecular studies of the origins and dispersal patterns of invertebrates in the Antarctic and subantarctic [ASAC_2355]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2355 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- We will measure biodiversity of ecologically-important ...


50. Casey Station current meter data: S4_211a [S4_211a]   PARENT DIF
Current meter S4_211a is one of four current meters deployed off the coast of Casey Station, Australian Antarctic Territory. S4_211a was located in Shannon Bay at 66 degrees 16.727 minutes South, ...


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