Abstract:
These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.
These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program: Russia
Vessel: Akademic Fedorov
Dates in ice: 11 Mar 1993 - 21 Apr 1993
Observers: Unknown
Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov
Summary of voyage track:
11/3 Ice edge at approx. 69S, 14E
... 11-12/3 From ice edge to Novolazarevskaya(12E)
17-20/3 Novolazarevskaya to Molodezhnaya (46E)
29/3-2/4 Molodezhnaya to Mirny (92E)
6-10/4 Mirny to Molodezhnaya
11-14/4 Molodezhnaya to Novolazarevskaya
15-21/4 Novolazarevskaya to Bellingshausen (59W)
Predominantly open water across Weddell Sea. No observations near Bellingshausen.
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