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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.
Related URL
Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
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
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
SV > Snow Vehicle Ancillary Description
BUOYS Ancillary Description
GPS > Global Positioning System Satellites Ancillary Description
R/V NBP > R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer Ancillary Description
Instrument
DRIFTING BUOYS Ancillary Description
Project
Access Constraints None
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics UTSA
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
Personnel
STEPHEN ACKLEY
Role: INVESTIGATOR
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
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Publications/References
M.J. Lewis, J.L. Tison, B. Weissling, B. Delille, S.F. Ackley, F. Brabant and H.Xie (2011), Sea-Ice and snow cover characteristics during the winter-spring transition in the Bellingshausen SEa: An overview of SIMBA 2007, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 58, 9-10, 1019-1038, doi:10.1016/j.drs2.2010.10.027, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096706451000305X
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-02-16
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-04-20
Future DIF Review Date: 2012-02-16

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