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1. Ice floe surveying conducted during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Ice_Floe_Survey]   PARENT DIF
These data were collected to provide a spatial context for activities on SIPEX-2. Please see the document 'SIPEX II ice floe surveying report' for more detail. Files generated and stored in this dataset ...


2. Geology of possible runway sites in the Davis region, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica [ANARE-98]
From the abstract of the referenced publication: Five possible runway sites have been proposed within 4 km of Davis on the northwestern part of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Most are on on thin, ...


3. Extents of fast ice digitised from satellite images [gis283]
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre digitises on-screen fast ice features from satellite images as required for Australian Antarctic division scientists Dr Jonny Stark and Dr Martin Riddle and will ...


4. Ice features digitised from satellite images [gis309]
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre digitises on-screen topographic features from satellite images as required for various projects and applications. Features digitised include the ice shelves, ...


5. SIPEX data iron site - Aurora Australis voyage Sept-Oct 2007 [ASAC_3026_SIPEX]   PARENT DIF
This work was completed as part of the SIPEX - Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment - voyage. Adapted from the SPIEX website: During SIPEX we investigated the biogeochemistry of iron (Fe), including ...


6. The role of iron as a micro-nutrient to the Antarctic sea-ice zone algal community - Casey Data [ASAC_3026_Casey]   PARENT DIF
Public Description of the Project This project will assess the importance of the trace micro-nutrient element iron to Antarctic sea-ice algal communities during the International Polar Year (2007-2009). ...


7. Diurnal snow pit measurements observed during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Diurnal_Snow]   PARENT DIF
Motivation: One of the characteristics of this voyage is that we have long ice stations which last for a few days. Taking this opportunity, we decided to examine the diurnal change of snow properties ...


8. Ice and snow pit measurements observed during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Ice_Snowpits]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains routine measurements of snow and ice thickness, and snow-ice interface temperature, at 1m intervals along standard transects; snow property characterisation in snow pits measured ...


9. Snow buoy deployments made during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Snow_Buoys]   PARENT DIF
This document describes the deployment of five Ice Mass Balance Buoys (IMBs) and two automatic weather stations. These were primarily deployed on floes 2012103 and 20121029, as well as on helicopter ...


10. Underway snowfall measurements during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Underway_Snowfall]   PARENT DIF
Matlab file containing raw data snowfall data collected aboard the RV Aurora Australis using Campbell Scientific dataloggers. Two Wenglor brand YHO3NCT8 photoelectric sensors were mounted on the ...


11. Snowpit measurements made from ice stations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Snowpits]   PARENT DIF
In addition to snow pits dug by other groups, several snow pits were dug at IMB/AWS deployment sites and at snow mast sites. Dates, locations, personnel, and purpose are listed in Table 1. Many ...


12. RAPPLS Surveys (Radar, Aerial Photography, Pyrometer, and Laser Scanning system) made during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_RAPPLS]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains the data collected during the RAPPLS (Radar, Aerial Photography, Pyrometer, and Laser Scanning system) flights that were undertaken as a part of the SIPEX II (Sea Ice Physics ...


13. Sea Ice Main Biology Sampling collected during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Phytoplankton]   PARENT DIF
Five (out of a possible 7) ice stations were sampled for the Main Biology Site, collected from -63.88S 119.9E off East Antarctic in September to November 2012 during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystems ...


14. Ice velocity and strain rate fields over the Lambert Glacier - Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica [AAD_Ant_LG-AIS_vel_strain]
Measurements of ice velocity and strain rate have been derived by analysis of satellite images for the Lambert Glacier and Amery Ice Shelf system. Two techniques have been applied in the production ...


15. Relative permittivity of brine samples taken from 2 MHz to 4 GHz across a range of temperatures during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Brine_Permittivity]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains data resulting from the measurement of brine samples extracted from the sea-ice during the 2012 SIPEX 2 (Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystems Experiment) marine science voyage. The ...


16. S-band waveguide measurements of sea-ice samples ranging from 2.6 to 3.95 GHz during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Waveguide]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains data relating to an experimental method in which sea-ice samples were measured in an S-band microwave waveguide. This was conducted as a part of the 2012 SIPEX 2 (Sea Ice Physics ...


17. Skin temperature data of the pack ice zone collected during the SIPEX voyage of the Aurora Australis during 2007 [SIPEX_Pyrometer]
Skin temperature data over the East Antarctic pack ice zone were recorded by the RAPPLS airborne instrument package using a KT-19II infrared pyrometer. The KT-19II infrared pyrometer was manufactured ...


18. ASPeCt-Bio: Chlorophyll a in Antarctic sea ice from historical ice core dataset [ASPeCt-Bio]   PARENT DIF
The ASPeCt - Bio dataset is a compilation of currently available sea ice chlorophyll a (chl-a) data from pack ice (i.e., excluding fast ice) cores collected during 32 cruises to the Southern Ocean ...


19. APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's [APIS]
APIS data were collected between 1994 and 1999. This dataset also includes some historical data collected between 1985 and 1987. Both aerial and ship-board surveys were conducted. Studies on the behaviour ...


20. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM03 [ASAC_1164_AM03]   CHILD DIFs
Amery Ice Shelf AM03 borehole drilled mid-December 2005. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...


21. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM03 - video footage [ASAC_1164_AM03_video]   PARENT DIF
Amery Ice Shelf AM03 borehole drilled mid-December 2005. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...


22. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM04 [ASAC_1164_AM04]   CHILD DIFs   PARENT DIF
Amery Ice Shelf AM04 borehole drilled mid-January 2006. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...


23. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM04 - video footage [ASAC_1164_AM04_video]   PARENT DIF
Amery Ice Shelf AM04 borehole drilled mid-January 2006. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...


24. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2009-11 - AM05 [ASAC_1164_AM05]   CHILD DIFs   PARENT DIF
Amery Ice Shelf AM05 borehole drilled mid-December 2009. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...


25. Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2010-11 - AM06 [ASAC_1164_AM06]   CHILD DIFs   PARENT DIF
Amery Ice Shelf AM06 borehole drilled early January 2010. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...


26. Investigation of sea ice physical processes in East Antarctica during early Spring - Measuring snow thickness over Antarctic sea ice with a helicopter-borne 2-8 GHz FMCW radar [ASAC_2901_RAASTI]
Public Summary for project 2901 This research will contribute to a large multi-disciplinary study of the physics and biology of the Antarctic sea ice zone in early Spring 2007. The physical characteristics ...


27. Fluid permeability measurements taken on vertical component of sea ice during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Fluid_Permeability]   PARENT DIF
A 9 cm diameter Kovacs corer was used to drill holes partially through the ice. The core was removed, creating a pressure head in the hole. Packers made of ABS tubing wrapped with foam to create a ...


28. DC Conductivity of sea-ice measured during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Ice_Conductivity]   PARENT DIF
DC Electrical: In order to relate the fluid permeability to the electrical properties of sea ice, we also took measurements of the vertical component of the DC electrical conductivity tensor of sea ...


29. Electromagnetic measurement of sea ice thickness on ice stations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Ice_Station_EM]   PARENT DIF
We observed total thickness (snow thickness + ice thickness) of sea-ice floes along 100m transects using an electromagnetic (EM) sensor. The data were read from the EM and written by hand into a ...


30. Helicopter-borne passive-microwave observations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Passive_Microwave]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains sea ice surface brightness temperatures using a portable passive-microwave radiometer operating at 36Ghz-H,V mounted to the undercarriage of a Squirrel helicopter during SIPEX ...


31. Downward looking, ice-mounted ADCP data collection during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Ice_ADCP]   PARENT DIF
A 600KHz Teledyne RDI Workhorse Sentinel ADCP was deployed through a 10inch auger hole, flush with the base of the ice, looking downwards. At ice stations 2, 3, and 4 the deployment locations was ...


32. Ice-floe based Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) casts from the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Ice_CTD]   PARENT DIF
CTD casts were taken through holes in the ice floe at various locations during ice stations 3, 4, 6 and 7. Two Seabird 37M microcats were used. One microcat did not log time, whereas the other did. ...


33. Ice-physics transect data obtained during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_InSitu_Ice_Physics]   PARENT DIF
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 ...


34. 3-D mapping of sea ice draft with an autonomous underwater vehicle [SIPEX_II_AUV]   PARENT DIF
We set out to achieve floe-scale 3-D mapping of sea ice draft and bio-optical parameters using a Multibeam SONAR and Hyperspectral radiometer mounted to an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). The ...


35. ASPeCt ship-based observations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_ASPECT]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains observations of ice conditions taken from the bridge of the RV Aurora Australis during SIPEX 2012, following the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research/CliC Antarctic Sea ...


36. Gas flux over sea ice and calcium carbonate concentration in sea ice from the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis [SIPEX_II_Gas_Flux]   PARENT DIF
Gas Flux over Sea Ice ------------- We observed amount of gas exchange between sea ice and atmosphere. At the ice station, semi-automated chambers developed in Japan, were used for measurement of ...


37. Nitrate profiles in snow on sea-ice collected during SIPEX II [SIPEX_II_Nitrate]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains measurements of nitrate in snow on the sea-ice. These vertical nitrate profiles were collected from snow pits that were dug at each ice station during the SIPEX II voyage in ...


38. Survey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1978 - by Peter Quinn [survey_1978_Casey]
Survey report for Casey Station, 1978, by Peter Quinn. Taken from the survey report: Purpose: - To provide survey expertise for the Glaciology Traverses south of Casey. - To do survey work for the ...


39. Survey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1979 - by JC Sutton [survey_1979_Casey]
Survey report for Casey Station, 1979, by the wintering senior technical officer, JC Sutton. Taken from the survey report: Purpose: - Provision of site details for proposed building program - Extension ...


40. Survey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1982 - by RW Goldsworthy [survey_1982_Casey]
Survey report for Casey Station, 1982, by the wintering technical officer, RW Goldsworthy. Taken from the survey report: To provide survey and navigation support for the Glaciology program. To ...


41. Survey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1983 - by Peter James [survey_1983_Casey]
Survey report for Casey Station, 1983, by wintering technical officer Peter James. Taken from the survey report: Summer Program A detailed program of measurements was made on the Vanderford Glacier, ...


42. Survey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1984 - by James Clarke [survey_1984_Casey]
Survey report for Casey Station, 1984, by the wintering technical officer, James Clarke. Taken from the survey report: To provide survey and navigation support for the International Antarctic Glaciological ...


43. Survey Report - Casey Station, Antarctica, 1985 - by G.B. Lawrence [survey_1985_Casey]
Survey report for Casey Station, 1985, by wintering technical officer G.B. Lawrence. Taken from the survey report: Projected Summer Program It is proposed to accurately survey the bedrock in the ...


44. Survey Report - Casey, Antarctica 1981, by GW Petschack [survey_1981_Casey]
Survey report for Casey Station, 1981, by the wintering surveyor, GW Petschack. Taken from the survey report: Details During the 1981 changeover period conduct such survey work as is necessary toward ...


45. Light absorbing impurity profiles in snow on sea-ice collected during SIPEX II [SIPEX_II_Impurities]   PARENT DIF
Particulate impurities in snow such as dust and soot can absorb sunlight. This is important for snow albedo in the Arctic, but probably not in the Antarctic. Snow was collected in plastic bags through ...


46. ADBEX III Ice Floe Measurements and Observations [ADBEX_III_ice_floe]
During the ADBEX III voyage, a number of core samples, observations and measurements were taken on the ice surrounding the ship. Records of the snow/ice conditions around the "station" where each ...


47. ADBEX III Oxygen Isotope Results For Snow And Sea Ice Sampling [ADBEX_III_oxygen_isotope]
During the ADBEX III voyage, 254 samples of sea ice and snow drift on sea ice was collected. Careful notes on the date and location of the samples was kept. The samples were then analysed to determine ...


48. ADBEX III Sea Ice Strain Grid Measurements [ADBEX_III_strain_grid]
Details of the setup and (re)measurements taken of the strain grid laid out on the sea ice during the ADBEX III voyage. The grid was made up of six canes (plus the bridge, used as one of the measurement ...


49. Albedos for 300-2500nm for thin sea ice covered with frost flowers, nilas, snow, and slush collected during SIPEX II [SIPEX_II_Albedo]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains albedo data for several varieties of sea ice and snow from 300-2500 nm measured during the SIPEX II voyage (2012). An Analytical Spectral Device (ASD) spectrophotometer records ...


50. Earth gravity field for ice thickness data: LGB traverses 1989-95 [LGB_Gra_traverse]
The Lambert Glacier Basin (LGB) series of five oversnow traverses were conducted from 1989-95. LaCoste and Romberg gravity meters were used to record measurements of the Earth's gravity field approximately ...


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