Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B Palmer 93-5

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: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer Dates in ice: 24 Aug 1993 - 24 Sep 1993 Observers: Martin Jeffries, Tony Worby, Kim Morris, Willy Weeks, Chris Fritsen, Ricardo Jana, Tim Qackenbush, Chua Teong Sek Summary of voyage track: 24/8 Ice edge at approx. 70S, 83W 24/8 - 24/9 Series of transects through the pack ice 24/9 Ice edge at approx 66S, 110W The fields for 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 Nathaniel B Palmer 93-5
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/e816d0e8-3304-4c8c-9480-4d241f09117e
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 24/08/1993 - 24/09/1993
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -110.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        -83.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        -83.0,
        -66.0
      ],
      [
        -110.0,
        -66.0
      ],
      [
        -110.0,
        -69.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "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 Nathaniel B Palmer 93-5". 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-nathaniel-b-palmer-93-51