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Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic - Ice Buoys
Entry ID: SIMBA_Ice_Buoys

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Summary
Abstract: Three ice mass-balance buoys (IMBs) were deployed on 2, 4 and 12 October 2007 at sites Brussels and Liège at locations close to the clean sampling sites during a 27 day occupation of an ice station floe (Ice Station Belgica(ISB)) in the Bellingshausen Sea. IMBs were designed and constructed by the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and equipped with data acquisition systems mounted ... View entire text

Purpose: The data set helped develop a time series of sea and ice properties in a remote way. Additionally, this testing was done to understand the ice representations in respect to seasonal changes. Through the understanding of ice thickness and property variations, better models can be developed to understand future ice measurements.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -61.85   S: -70.68   E: -64.05   W: -94.85

Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
Project ID: SIMBA Drift Station

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2007-09-01
Stop Date: 2007-10-31
Instrument
DRIFTING BUOYS Ancillary Description
Access Constraints None
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: STEPHEN ACKLEY
Phone: +1 1 210 341 6556
Email: sackley at pol.net, Stephen.ackley at utsa.edu
Contact Address:
118 W Castle Ln
City: San Antonio
Province or State: Texas
Postal Code: 78213
Country: USA


Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: Online FTP
Distribution Format: CSV
Fees: 0
Personnel
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +1 845-365-8920
Fax: +1 845-365-8922
Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) (1996), Archive of Census Related Products (ACRP): 1980 SAS Transport Files, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Saginaw, MI, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/acrp-sas-transport-1980
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1995-10-16
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-28



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