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Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V4 1990/91
Entry ID: ASPECT_AA121290

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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: 3 Dec 1990 - 5 Dec 1990
Observers: Ian Allison

Summary of voyage track:
3/12 Ice edge at 63d52mS, 79d56mE
3-5/12 Vessel steamed from ice edge to Mawson

The fields in this dataset are:
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
SEA ICE FLOE SIZE
SEA ICE SNOW COVER
SEA ICE THICKNESS
SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY
SEA ICE TYPE
RECORD
DATE
TIME
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
OPEN WATER
TRACK
SNOW THICKNESS
SNOW TYPE
SEA TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE
WIND VELOCITY
WIND DIRECTION
FILM COUNTER
FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM
VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER
VISIBILITY CODE
CLOUD
WEATHER CODE
COMMENTS
Related URL
Link: GET DATA
Description: Download point for the data - log files, postcript files, excel files.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -63.0   S: -67.0   E: 80.0   W: 64.0

Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1990-12-03
Stop Date: 1990-12-05
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Science Keywords
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Platform
SHIPS Ancillary Description
Project
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/).

No constraints. Authors should acknowledge use of the ASPeCt data archive.
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
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: 2001-07-19
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-06-19

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