Boundary Layer Meteorology measurements collected from ice stations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012
Note - these data should be used with caution. The chief investigator for the dataset has indicated that a better quality dataset exists, but the AADC have been unable to attain it for archive.
Matlab files containing raw data collected using the program "HC2S3snowwind.CR1" running on Campbell Scientific CR1000 dataloggers. Datalogger "C" was used during all ice stations. On the 8th of October a second mast and logger ("A") were installed on what became the final day of Ice Station 4, and both loggers were deployed at stations 6 and 7, with "C" containing the longer records for each station as it was always installed first and (conditions permitting) left out longer.
The sensors on these masts consist of:
RM Young "Wind Sentry" Vane and Anemometer set (on top of each mast), no serial numbers
Rotronics HC2S3 temperature and relative humidity sensors with standard polyethylene filters
Upper sensor, mast "C": s/n 60837541
Lower sensor, mast "C": s/n 60837536
Upper sensor, mast "A": s/n 60837468
Lower sensor, mast "A": s/n 60834204
RM Young "Wind Sentry" anemometers (without vane) at 3 additional elevations on each mast
Wenglor YHO3NCT8 photoelectric sensors at 4 heights on each mast. The upper sensor and the third sensor from the top were oriented facing up, while the others faced down. The upper three sensors were purchased in 2012, from a batch of these sensors manufactured in a new Eastern European factory while the lowest sensor on each mast came from a lot purchased in 2007, manufactured in Wenglor's German factory and extensively tested for use in snow.
Data contained in these .mat files includes the following variables, with units:
Textdates: CSI formatted dates, UTC except for station 2, which was (accidentally) UTC+12
Datenm: Matlab "datenumber", all UTC except for station 2, which is also UTC+12 hours.
Battvolt: battery voltage
Wptemp: temperature of the Wiring Panel thermister, degrees C
Temp 1: air temperature above approximately 50cm, ventilated HC2S3 rotronics sensor, degrees C
RH1: relative humidity (WRT water) above approximately 50cm, ventilated HC2S3 rotronics sensor, %
Temp 2: air temperature above approximately 200cm, ventilated HC2S3 rotronics sensor, degrees C
RH2: relative humidity (WRT water) above 197cm, ventilated HC2S3 rotronics sensor, %
Snow1: snow particles per 10second interval at approximately 10cm
Snow2: snow particles per 10second interval at approximately 50cm
Snow3: snow particles per 10second interval at approximately 100cm
Snow4: snow particles per 10second interval at approximately 200cm
Wind1: average speed (m/s) at approximately 250cm during 10s interval
Wind1max: maximum speed at approximately 250cm during 10s interval
Wind2: average speed (m/s) at approximately 100cm during 10s interval
Wind2max: maximum speed at approximately 100cm during 10s interval
Wind3: average speed (m/s) at approximately 120cm during 10s interval
Wind3max: maximum speed at approximately 120cm during 10s interval
Wind4: average speed (m/s) at approximately 50cm during 10s interval
Wind4max: maximum speed at approximately 50cm during 10s interval
WindDir: wind direction at approximately 250cm, degrees, relative to mast orientation (needs correction to true)
Measurement heights varied by ice station and by mast being used.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- Boundary Layer Meteorology measurements collected from ice stations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-12-23
- Edition
- 1
- Citation identifier
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Dataset DOI
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Date (Publication)
- 2012-04-23
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.26179/5d2807e4600cc
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Oceans
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2012-09-27 2012-10-21
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SOLID PRECIPITATION > SNOW
- Keywords
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- SIPEX
- SIPEX II
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- ANEMOMETERS
- HUMIDITY SENSORS
- TEMPERATURE LOGGERS
- TEMPERATURE SENSORS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- AMD
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- ACE/CRC
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- 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.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
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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=SIPEX_II_Boundary_Layer_Met when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- Free
- Planned available datetime
- 2019-12-23T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- MB
- Transfer size
- 19
- Distribution format
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- Matlab
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA > DIRECT DOWNLOAD
Download point for the data
- OnLine resource
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PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 4073
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Note - these data should be used with caution. The chief investigator for the dataset has indicated that a better quality dataset exists, but the AADC have been unable to attain it for archive. During ice station 6, one of the anemometers ("C3") was not operational on install, but un-froze (problem was likely due to ice buildup from storage in the 'tweens) within 1 hour and the record following that time was in good accord with the expected values for that height, based on the above and below values. Jenny Hutchings, Ted Maksym Rob Massom, and Ernesto Trujillo-Gomez also participated in this data collection effort, but are not primary contacts for the data. Field assistance from various other parties is gratefully appreciated.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2013-02-27 - record created by Dave Connell from a template completed by Katherine Leonard. 2019-07-12 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2019-12-23 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data with Chief Scientist approval.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/SIPEX_II_Boundary_Layer_Met
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
- Title
- Parent Metadata Record
- Citation identifier
- SIPEX_II
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 549449be-efc4-44c2-83d4-2586499ab5e7
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2019-12-23T12:17:19
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/SIPEX_II_Boundary_Layer_Met
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2013-02-26T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2019-12-23
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile