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Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V4 1999/00

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These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Australia Vessel: Aurora Australis Dates in ice: 02 Dec 1999 - 13 Jan 2001 Observers: David Hannan, Andy Brocklesby, Alan Elcheikh, Russell Brand, Mike Gross, Tavis Potts, Petra Heil, Katrina Phillips Summary of voyage track: 2/12 Ice edge at approx. 64S, 154E 2-28/12 Headed west through pack ice conducting Pack Ice Seal survey 2-6/1/00 Steamed from Davis to Mawson 8-13/1 Steamed from Mawson to ice edge at approx. 63S, 91E 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 Aurora Australis V4 1999/00
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d5d3577e-0fdf-492c-abc0-2900b8a3a3c9
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 02/12/1999 - 13/01/2000
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        62.0,
        -70.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -70.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -62.0
      ],
      [
        62.0,
        -62.0
      ],
      [
        62.0,
        -70.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V4 1999/00". 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-aurora-australis-v4-1999-001