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Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment (CEAREX) Data
Entry ID: NSIDC-0020

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Summary

Abstract: CEAREX was a multi-platform field program conducted in the Norwegian Seas and Greenland north to Svalbard from September 1988 through May 1989. Canada, Denmark, France, Norway and the United States participated in the experiment. Primary data from CEAREX are available on CD-ROM in ASCII format along with some data from the Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX) and the Eurasian Basin Experiment (EUBEX). CD-ROM production was supported by the Arctic Program of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Meteorology data from CEAREX and the MIZEX (1983, 1984, 1987) include near-surface time series and rawinsonde (upper-air sounding) profiles of wind, pressure, temperature, and humidity collected on ship platforms and ice floe stations. A collection of hydrography data include CTD, STD, and bottle data from a ship and two operations camps. Hydrography data also include data from the MIZEX, the EUBEX, NODC archives, and a merged set of data from five other cruises. Sea ice data consist of compressive stress measurements made in a multi-year floe, stress sensor data for time series of stress invariants, and ice accelerometer data for movements associated with the deformation of multi-year ice floes. Noise data consist of acoustic measurements from a variety of hydrophone and geophone arrays, and ambient noise observations from a ship using omni-directional hydrophones tethered beneath the ice cover. Biophysical data on the CD-ROM include bottle sample, zooplankton sampling, and bioluminescence data. Bathymetry data consist of gridded trackline data collected from the two operations camps, and digital bottom bathymetry and continental topography data for the Fram Strait region and a portion of the Arctic Ocean. Sample position data consist of hourly listings of position and velocity for both manned stations and unmanned drifting buoys. Data are available on one CD-ROM.

Geographic Coverage

N: 90.0

S: 60.0

E: 30.0

W: -30.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment (CEAREX) Data
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0020.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1988-03-01

Stop Date: 1989-05-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ELEVATION

ENVIRONMENT
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
OCEANS

Platform

Aircraft    [Information]

BUOYS    [Information]

GROUND STATIONS    [Information]

HELICOPTER    [Information]

SHIPS    [Information]

Instrument

ACCELEROMETERS    [Information]

ANEMOMETERS    [Information]

BAROMETERS    [Information]

CTD >Conductivity, Temperature, Depth    [Information]

DRIFTING BUOYS    [Information]

HYGROMETERS    [Information]

ICE STRESS SENSORS

NISKIN BOTTLES    [Information]

PRESSURE GAUGES

STD >Salinity, Temperature, Depth    [Information]

Thermistors    [Information]

Thermometers    [Information]

WATER BOTTLES

BATHYPHOTOMETER    [Information]

GEOPHONES    [Information]

HYDROPHONES    [Information]

RAWINSONDES    [Information]

TRANSPONDERS    [Information]

Project

CEAREX >Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment    [Information]

EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System    [Information]

EUBEX >Eurasian Basin Experiment    [Information]

MIZEX >Marginal Ice Zone Experiment    [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

SIZEX >Seasonal Ice Zone Experiment    [Information]

Keywords

Acoustics

Ambient Noise

Ammonium

Barents Sea

Bioluminescence

Carbon

CEAREX

EUBEX

Fluorescence

Greenland Sea

Haakon Mosby

Hydrography

Ice Acceleration

Ice Breakup

Ice Deformation

Ice Drift

ice dynamics

Ice Floe

Ice Motion

Ice Scattering

Ice Stress

Meteorology

MIZEX

MIZEX-83

MIZEX-84

MIZEX-87

Norwegian Sea

ONR

Phaeopigments

Platinum Resistance Thermometer

Polar Circle

Polar Queen

Polarbjorn

Polarstern

Relative Humidity

SIZEX

Under-Ice Noise

Valdivia

Wind Direction

Wind Speed

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center [Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0020

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center [Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0020

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: CD-ROM
Distribution_Format: ASCII text

Personnel

NSIDC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

Publications/References

Coon, M. D. 1988. Ice monitoring during CEAREX. In: Workshop on Instrumentation and Measurements in the Polar Regions, sponsored by IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Marine Technology Society, Monterey Bay Aquarium, U.S. Navy and Science Applications International Corporation. Proceedings, pp. 405-409. Guest, P. S. and K. L. Davidson. 1989. CEAREX 'O' and 'A' Camp Meteorology Atlas. Naval Postgraduate School, NPS-63-89-007, 64 p. Martin, S. and R. Drucker. 1991. Observations of ice floe collisions during Leg-II of the POLARBJORN drift. J. Geophys. Res. 96 (C6):10567-10580. McPhee, M. G. 1988. Analysis and prediction of short Term drift. Trans. of the AMSE, J. of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering 10:94-100. Mitchell, B. G. 1991. Predictive bio-optical relationships for polar oceans and marginal ice zones. J. Marine Sys. 3(1-2):91-105. Pritchard, R. S., S. H. Bailey, C. M. Browne, M. D. Coon, D. Hoefke, G. S. Knoke, P. A. Lau, B. J. Taylor, W. D. Hib
ler, III, M. Hopkins, R. G. Onstott, R. A. Schuchman, S. H. O'Hara, M. G. McPhee, J. C. Van Leer, K. L. Davidson, P. S. Guest, T. B. Curtin, J. E. Overland, D. L. Bell, H. W. Bosworth, D. A. Meese, A. J. Gow, D. K. Perovich, W. B. Tucker, R. Colony, T. C. Grenfell, S. Martin, and J. S. Wettlaufer. 1990. CEAREX drift experiment. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 71(40):1115-1118. Pritchard, R. S. 1989. Eastern Arctic ambient noise. In: Oceans '89 4:1246-1251. IEEE Pub. No. 89CH2780-5. Tucker, W. B., D. K. Perovich, M. A. Hopkins, and W. D. Hibler. 1991. On the relationship between local stresses and strains in Arctic pack ice. Annals of Glaciology 15:265-270. Von der Heydt, K., N. R. Galbraith, A. B. Baggeroer, R. Muench, P. S. Guest, and K. L. Davidson. 1991. CEAREX 'A' - Camp: Navigation, Bathymetry, CTD, Meteorology, and LOFAR Data Report. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Technical memorandum No. WHOI-1-91, 152 pp.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-10-18

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