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Radiation observations on an ice floe on the Weddell Sea, 11/2004-01/2005

Entry ID: FIMR_ISPOL_RADIATION

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Summary

Abstract: As a part of the international expedition Ice Station Polarstern (ISPOL,
http://www.ispol.de/), radiation measurements were carried out on ice floes on
the Weddell Sea (68 degrees S, 55 degrees W) in 28.11.2004 - 2.1.2005. Two sets
of radiation measurement equipment were used. Both sets measured downwelling
and upwelling shortwave radiation and downwelling and upwelling longwave
radiation. One set ...

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Description: Ice Station POLarstern

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -67.35

S: -68.19

E: -54.84

W: -55.67

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Launiainen J., Johansson M., Kosloff P., Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR)

Dataset Title: Radiation observations on an ice floe on the Weddell Sea, 11/2004-01/2005

Dataset Release Date: 2005

Dataset Release Place: Helsinki, Finland

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-11-28

Stop Date: 2005-01-02

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > WEDDELL SEA

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: 1 minute
Temporal Resolution Range: 1 minute - < 1 hour

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SKIN TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ALBEDO

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

OCEANS

Instrument

INFRARED THERMOMETERS

PYRANOMETERS

PYRGEOMETERS

Project

FINNARP > FINNISH ANTARCTIC RESEARCH PROGRAM

ISPOL > ICE STATION POLARSTERN FIELD EXPERIMENT

Ancillary Keywords

Weddell Sea

sea ice

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR)

Data Center

Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland

Data Center URL: http://www.fimr.fi/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JOUKO LAUNIAINEN Phone: +358-9-613 941 Fax: +358-9-323 2970 Email: jouko.launiainen at fimr.fi Contact Address: P.O.Box 2 City: Helsinki Postal Code: FIN-00561 Country: FINLAND

Distribution

Distribution Media: electronic

Distribution Format: ascii

Personnel

JOUKO LAUNIAINEN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +358-9-613 941

Fax: +358-9-323 2970

Email: jouko.launiainen at fimr.fi

Contact Address:

P.O.Box 2

City: Helsinki

Postal Code: FIN-00561

Country: FINLAND

MILLA JOHANSSON

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +358-9-1929 6425

Fax: +358-9-323 1025

Email: milla.johansson at fmi.fi

Contact Address:

P.O.Box 503

City: Helsinki

Postal Code: FI-00101

Country: FINLAND

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-11-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-11-08

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