Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1999/00 (Polynya experiment)

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.These data are in the ASPeCt format.National program: AustraliaVessel: Aurora AustralisDates in ice: 22 Jul 1999 - 31 Aug 1999Observers: Tony Worby, Ian Allison, Vicky Lytle, Rob Massom, Anton Rada, Matt Paget, Andrew RobertsSummary of voyage track:22/7 Ice edge at approx. 62S, 143E22/7 - 31/8 Complicated voyage track in and around the Mertz Glacier polynyaCTD loops around the polynya region:Loop 1: 5-7/8Loop 2: 12-14/8Loop 3: 20-22/8The fields in this dataset are:SEA ICE CONCENTRATIONSEA ICE FLOE SIZESEA ICE SNOW COVERSEA ICE THICKNESSSEA ICE TOPOGRAPHYSEA ICE TYPERECORDDATETIMELATITUDELONGITUDEOPEN WATERTRACKSNOW THICKNESSSNOW TYPESEA TEMPERATUREAIR TEMPERATUREWIND VELOCITYWIND DIRECTIONFILM COUNTERFRAME COUNTER FOR FILMVIDEO RECORDER COUNTERVISIBILITY CODECLOUDWEATHER CODECOMMENTS