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Sea Ice Observations from the Endurance

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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: United States Vessel: Endurance Dates in ice: 17 Jan 1998 - 13 Feb 1998 Observers: Steve Ackley, Elizabeth Hunke Summary of voyage track: 17/1 Ice edge at approx. 57S, 31W 17-20/1 South along approx 30W 21/1-2/2 West in toward Antarctic peninsula 3-13/2 East along ice shelf to approx. 8W 13/3 North to ice edge at approx. 68S, 12W 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 Endurance
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/45264dc9-de28-4080-a193-828b6854cc1f
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 17/01/1998 - 13/02/1998
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{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -61.0,
        -78.0
      ],
      [
        -8.0,
        -78.0
      ],
      [
        -8.0,
        -57.0
      ],
      [
        -61.0,
        -57.0
      ],
      [
        -61.0,
        -78.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Endurance". 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-endurance1