Sea Ice Observations from the Icebird V8 1988/89

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.These data are in the ASPeCt format.National program: AustraliaVessel: Ice BirdDates in ice: 19 Mar 1988 - 29 Mar 1989Observers: Jeff WilsonSummary of voyage track:19/3 Observations started at Davis station 68d11mS 76d23mE19-25/3 Steamed west from Davis to Mawson27/3 Some observations north of Mawson toward ice edgeThe 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