Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V9.0 1992/93

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: Australia Vessel: Aurora Australis Dates in ice: 29 Mar 1993 - 30 Mar 1993 Observers: Tony Worby, Vicky Lytle, Rob Massom, Paul Scott, Kelvin Michael Summary of voyage track: Short transect south of the ice edge at approx 65S, along approx 140E. This voyage was cut short due to a medical emergency only one day after entering the pack ice. 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 V9.0 1992/93
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4f929062-0596-4973-934b-f4377c134241
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 29/03/1993 - 30/03/1993
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        139.0,
        -66.0
      ],
      [
        142.0,
        -66.0
      ],
      [
        142.0,
        -65.0
      ],
      [
        139.0,
        -65.0
      ],
      [
        139.0,
        -66.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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 Aurora Australis V9.0 1992/93". 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-v9-0-1992-931