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ASPECT - Antarctic sea ice thickness distribution from ship observations collected between 1980 - 2004

Entry ID: ASPECT

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Summary

Abstract: Ship observations, collected over the period 1980 - 2004, will be used to determine the regional and seasonal variability of the Antarctic sea ice thickness distribution. The thickness of Antarctic sea ice is not well understood, and cannot be determined from remote sensing, yet it plays an integral role in the climate system and is climatically sensitive. This project aims to establish a baseline of sea ice thickness using data compiled from many different countries, which is required by scientists across many disciplines.

This is a parent record for the project. For details on individual cruises, see the child records.

This work was completed as part of ASAC project 2669 - ASAC_2699.

Description: Download point for sea ice software

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -60.0

S: -80.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1980-01-01

Stop Date: 2004-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Project

ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate

Quality See the child records for further details.

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Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the URL below when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE

CLOUD

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia