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Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1999/00 (Polynya experiment)

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These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Australia Vessel: Aurora Australis Dates in ice: 22 Jul 1999 - 31 Aug 1999 Observers: Tony Worby, Ian Allison, Vicky Lytle, Rob Massom, Anton Rada, Matt Paget, Andrew Roberts Summary of voyage track: 22/7 Ice edge at approx. 62S, 143E 22/7 - 31/8 Complicated voyage track in and around the Mertz Glacier polynya CTD loops around the polynya region: Loop 1: 5-7/8 Loop 2: 12-14/8 Loop 3: 20-22/8 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

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Title Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1999/00 (Polynya experiment)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/e750f5e2-473f-4313-8437-fb793d308a0d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 22/07/1999 - 31/08/1999
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        142.0,
        -68.0
      ],
      [
        147.0,
        -68.0
      ],
      [
        147.0,
        -61.0
      ],
      [
        142.0,
        -61.0
      ],
      [
        142.0,
        -68.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1999/00 (Polynya experiment)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/sea-ice-observations-from-the-aurora-australis-v1-1999-00-polynya-experiment1