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SA Agulhas II Winter 2017 Cruise: Waves In Ice Observation Systems (WIIOS)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Two Waves In Ice Observation Systems (Kohout, Alison L., Bill Penrose, Scott Penrose, and Michael J M Williams. 2015. “A Device for Measuring Wave-Induced Motion of Ice Floes in the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone.” Annals of Glaciology 56 (69): 415–24. doi:10.3189/2015AoG69A600) were deployed about 1.5 km apart on ice floes close to latitude 62.8 S and longitude 29.8 E on 4th July 2017 (NYU1 and NYU2). The region where the instruments were deployed (Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone) consisted of first-year ice on average 40 – 60 cm thick. The instruments were deployed by hand by three people, lowered by crane from the ship to the ice on a basket cradle. NYU 1 was deployed on a rectangular ice floe of length 8 m and width 3 m, with a thickness of about 40 – 50 cm. NYU 2 was deployed on a triangular ice floe of length 4 m and thickness 40 cm. The temporal resolution is variability (every 15 minutes to 2 hourly). The survival of the sensors depended on staying fixed to the floe and the battery life. On 12th July, the sampling rate of NYU 2 was reduced from 15 minutes to 2 hourly to extend the battery life. On 13th July, NYU 1 overheated and the battery dropped below the operating voltage. NYU 2 continued to send back data for another six days, but then stopped sending data for an unknown reason on 19th July. Records can support 1. the assessment of metocean conditions in the Southern Oceans; and 2. calibration and validation of wave and global circulation models.

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Title SA Agulhas II Winter 2017 Cruise: Waves In Ice Observation Systems (WIIOS)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/bd4135f8-04dc-4f9b-a697-27e726fb45f7
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 04/07/2017 - 19/07/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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    [
      [
        29.8,
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      ],
      [
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        -62.8
      ],
      [
        31.9,
        -62.2
      ],
      [
        29.8,
        -62.2
      ],
      [
        29.8,
        -62.8
      ]
    ]
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  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "SA Agulhas II Winter 2017 Cruise: Waves In Ice Observation Systems (WIIOS)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/sa-agulhas-ii-winter-2017-cruise-waves-in-ice-observation-systems-wiios