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Ice-physics transect data obtained during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012
This dataset contains in situ measurements of ice thickness, snow thickness, and freeboard along transects on the ice-station floes from the SIPEX2012. Ice cores were collected and snow pits were measured at the 0m, 50m and 100m mark along each transect, where possible. Ice temperature measurements are taken in the field as soon as the ice core sections have been recovered from the core hole. Additionally, ice cores were taken for density analysis at a few of the ice-core sites for independent verification of ice density. In addition, electromagnetic [EM] induction measurements of total ice and snow thickness were conducted along the transect where possible.
Ice core were transferred -20oC freezer for thin-section analysis for sea-ice stratigraphy and crystallography. The cores are then cut up into suitable short sections, generally about 5cm long, to be melted for analysis of salinity and stable oxygen isotopes. The latter will occur after the end of this cruise.
There is a data file for each ice station, containing a spreadsheet with the data. The spreadsheet contains information about how to interpret the data.
Also included are the scanned field notes containing the hand-written (raw) data collected in the field.
Among many, many volunteers, whose help is gratefully acknowledged here, the following persons were involved in data collection along the transect:
Mr Olivier Lecomte, Univ Catholique, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Member of observation team, olivier.lecomte@uclouvain.be olivier.lecomte@uclouvain.be
Dr T. Toyota, Inst Low Temp Science, Japan, Member of observation team, toyota@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp toyota@lowtem.hok Dr T. Toyota, Inst Low Temp Science, Japan, Member of observation team, toyota@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp
Dr A. Giles, ACE CRC, Member of observation team, barry.giles@utas.edu.au barry.giles@utas.edu Dr A. Giles, ACE CRC, Member of observation team, barry.giles@utas.edu.au
Dr T. Tamura, NIPR, Japan, Member of EM observation team; tamura.takeshi@nipr.ac.jp tamura.takeshi@nipr.ac Dr T. Tamura, NIPR, Japan, Member of EM observation team; tamura.takeshi@nipr.ac.jp
Mr K. Nakata, EES, Japan, Member of EM observation team; kazuki-nakata@ees.hokudai.ac.jp nakata@ees.hok Mr K. Nakata, EES, Japan, Member of EM observation team; kazuki-nakata@ees.hokudai.ac.jp
Data were collected on the following dates:
Ice Station 2: 27 - 28 September 2012
Ice Station 3: 03 - 04 October 2012
Ice Station 4: 06 - 08 October 2012
Ice Station 6: 13 - 14 October 2012
Ice Station 7: 19 - 23 October 2012
Ice Station 8: 29 October - 04 November 2012
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- Ice-physics transect data obtained during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012
- Date (Publication)
- 2018-02-23
- 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:10.4225/15/5a8f94c228afb
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Collaborator
Collaborator
Collaborator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- On going
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
))
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2012-09-27 2012-09-28
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2012-10-03 2012-10-04
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2012-10-06 2012-10-08
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2012-10-13 2012-10-14
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2012-10-19 2012-10-23
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2012-10-29 2012-11-04
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH
- Keywords
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- SIPEX
- Ice Physics
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS
- 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 on request to the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Owing to their size, they are stored offline.
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_InSitu_Ice_Physics when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- Free
- Planned available datetime
- 2018-02-23T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- GB
- Transfer size
- 3.7
- Distribution format
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- Excel, pdf, jpeg
- OnLine resource
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- OnLine resource
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- OnLine resource
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Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- The snow and sea-ice conditions during SIPEX 2012 proved to be very difficult to conduct full measurement along the ice-physics transects as part of full ice stations. The extensive snow cover and the thick and generally heavily ridged ice were taxing on humans and mechanical equipment, making the 100m transects a time consuming undertaking. No transect data were collected on stations #1 and #5. At some occasions where there was unconsolidated ice or incorporated slush measurements could not be obtained. A substantial component the sea-ice cores were near melting temperature making ice-core recovery and structural analysis difficult. Ice-core conditions made analysis in freezer lab taxing.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2013-01-10 - record created by Dave Connell. 2017-04-27 - record updated by Dave Connell to correct the download URL. 2018-02-23 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/SIPEX_II_InSitu_Ice_Physics
- 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
- 73dff479-405f-43bd-afb8-527d8fc15987
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-30T03:23:21
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_InSitu_Ice_Physics
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2013-01-10T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2018-02-23
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
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