Sea Ice Observations from the Polarstern (ANT 14)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Germany Vessel: Polarstern Dates in ice: 14 Jan 1997 - 28 Feb 1997 Observers: Unknown (Christian Haas and others ?) Summary of voyage track: 14/1 Ice edge at 69'39S 13'14W 14-31/1 Eastern Weddell Sea to south-eastern Weddell Sea return 1-18/2 Eastern Weddell Sea to western Weddell Sea (Antarctic Peninsular at 60S) 19-28/2 Western Weddell Sea to south-eastern Weddell Sea 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 Polarstern (ANT 14)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/52cdaddd-a016-4c2c-adcc-09b0e8fa8414
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 14/01/1997 - 28/02/1997
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Polarstern (ANT 14)". 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-polarstern-ant-141