Title: Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (31st Russian Antarctic Expedition)
Description:
Abstract:
These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.
These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program: Russia
Vessel: Mikhail Somov
Dates in ice: 28 Feb 1986 - 16 Mar 1986
Observers: Unknown
Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov
Summary of voyage track:
28/2 Ice edge at approx. 69S, 139W
28/2-6/3 In company with vessel &Kapitan Bondanernko& to approx. 72S, 140W
7-8/3 Independent navigation to Russkaya
14-16/3 Russkaya to ice edge at approx. 68S, 151W
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
FRMAE COUNTER FOR FILM
VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER
VISIBILITY CODE
CLOUD
WEATHER CODE
COMMENTS
Theme_Keyword: ASPECT > ANTARCTIC SEA ICE PROCESSES AND CLIMATE
Theme_Keyword: Air Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Cloud
Theme_Keyword: Comments
Theme_Keyword: Date
Theme_Keyword: Film Counter
Theme_Keyword: Frmae Counter For Film
Theme_Keyword: Latitude
Theme_Keyword: Longitude
Theme_Keyword: Open Water
Theme_Keyword: Record
Theme_Keyword: Sea Ice Concentration
Theme_Keyword: Sea Ice Floe Size
Theme_Keyword: Sea Ice Snow Cover
Theme_Keyword: Sea Ice Thickness
Theme_Keyword: Sea Ice Topography
Theme_Keyword: Sea Ice Type
Theme_Keyword: Sea Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Snow Thickness
Theme_Keyword: Snow Type
Theme_Keyword: Time
Theme_Keyword: Track
Theme_Keyword: Video Recorder Counter
Theme_Keyword: Visibility Code
Theme_Keyword: Weather Code
Theme_Keyword: Wind Direction
Theme_Keyword: Wind Velocity
Theme_Keyword: OCEANS
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
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.
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
Flag 6: Data in analog format only
Time and position: 1
Total ice concentration: 1
Open water: 1
Pri ice concentration: 1
Pri ice type: 1
Pri ice thickness: 1
Pri floe size: 1
Pri topography: 1/5 (Percent ridging = 1; Average sail height = 5)
Pri snow type: 1
Pri snow thickness: 1
Sec ice concentration: 1
Sec ice type: 1
Sec ice thickness: 1
Sec floe size: 1
Sec topography: 1/5 (Percent ridging = 1; Average sail height = 5)
Sec snow type: 1
Sec snow thickness: 1
Ter ice concentration: 1
Ter ice type: 1
Ter ice thickness: 1
Ter floe size: 1
Ter topography: 1/5 (Percent ridging = 1; Average sail height = 5)
Ter snow type: 1
Ter snow thickness: 1
Air temperature: 1
Water temperature: 1
Wind speed: 1
Wind direction: 1
Cloud: 5
Current weather: 1
Visibility: 1
Video reading: 5
Photo (film no.): 5
Photo (frame no.): 5
Comments: 1
