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Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1995/96 (HIHO HIHO experiment)

Entry ID: ASPECT_AA070895

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Summary

Abstract: These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.
These data are in the ASPeCt format.

National program: Australia
Vessel: Aurora Australis
Dates in ice: 21 Jul 1995 - 26 Aug 1995 (HIHO HIH0 experiment)
Observers: Tony Worby, Ian Allison, Vicky Lytle, Rob Massom, Petra Heil

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Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Download point for the data - log files, postcript files, excel files.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -61.0

S: -66.0

E: 143.0

W: 136.0

Parent DIF

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Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-07-21

Stop Date: 1995-08-26

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Project

ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate

Quality Each parameter is assigned a data quality flag as defined below:

Flag 1: Error free
Flag 2: Dubious. Non-specific errors
Flag 3: Known errors exist that can be fixed
Flag 4: Known errors exist that cannot be fixed
Flag 5: No data - not observed
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Access Constraints None. The data are freely available. The data are available for download from the given url. Note that to use the original log files, you will also need to download the provided software in order to extract the data.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Authors should acknowledge use of the ASPeCt data archive.

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the URL below when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE

CLOUD

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Format: pdf, text

Fees: free

Personnel

ANTHONY PETER WORBY

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 5414

Email: tony.worby at csiro.au

Contact Address:

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Castray Esplanade

City: Hobart

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7001

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-07-20

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-06-19

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