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Sea Ice Observations from the Akademic Fedorov (37th Russian Antarctic Expedition) March-April 1992
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: 08 Mar 1992 - 21 Apr 1992
Observers: Unknown
Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov
Summary of voyage track:
23/3 Ice edge at approx. 67S, 45E
23/3 Arrive Molodezhnaya
27/3 - 1/4 Molodezhnaya to Mirny (mostly out of the ice)
3-5/4 Mirny to Oazis (approx. 100E)
6-8/4 Oazis to Mirny
10-15/4 Mirny to Molodezhnaya
17-20/4 Molodezhnaya to Novolazarevskaya
20-21/4 Novolazarevskaya to ice edge at approx. 67S, 13E
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
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- Sea Ice Observations from the Akademic Fedorov (37th Russian Antarctic Expedition) March-April 1992
- Date (Publication)
- 2001-08-02
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
-
- Oceans
Extent
))
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1992-03-08 1992-04-21
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE TYPES
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > PACK ICE
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
- Keywords
-
- AIR TEMPERATURE
- CLOUD
- COMMENTS
- DATE
- FILM COUNTER
- FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM
- LATITUDE
- LONGITUDE
- OPEN WATER
- RECORD
- SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
- SEA ICE FLOE SIZE
- SEA ICE SNOW COVER
- SEA ICE THICKNESS
- SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY
- SEA ICE TYPE
- SEA TEMPERATURE
- SNOW THICKNESS
- SNOW TYPE
- TIME
- TRACK
- VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER
- VISIBILITY CODE
- WEATHER CODE
- WIND DIRECTION
- WIND VELOCITY
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- SHIPS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- ARCTIC
- ACE/CRC
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL. Note that to use the original log files, you will also need to download the provided software in order to extract the data.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
-
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license
- Use constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASPECT_AF030492 when using these data. Authors should acknowledge use of the ASPeCt data archive - "The ship-based sea ice and snow thickness data were provided by the SCAR Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCt) program (aspect.antarctica.gov.au)".
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Planned available datetime
- 2001-08-02T00:00:00
- Distribution format
-
- pdf, text
- OnLine resource
-
DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE
Download point for sea ice software.
- OnLine resource
-
GET DATA
Download point for the data - log files, postscript files, excel files.
- OnLine resource
-
PROJECT HOME PAGE
ASPECT website
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Download the ASPECT Report - A Technique for Making Ship-Based Observations of Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness and Characteristics
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Readme file containing instructions on how to use the log files and software.
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- 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: 1 Current weather: 1 Visibility: 1 Video reading: 5 Photo (film no.): 5 Photo (frame no.): 5 Comments: 1
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2008-06-19 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2015-07-20 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2017-02-03 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/ASPECT_AF030492
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
- Title
- Parent Metadata Record
- Citation identifier
- ASPECT
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 042c5b6a-d7c5-4fb6-84f8-5adb1324e235
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-30T06:40:42
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
-
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASPECT_AF030492
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2001-08-02T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2017-04-26
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
Overviews
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