Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B. Palmer (NBP01-05 LTER Cruise)

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.These data are in the ASPeCt format.National program: AustraliaVessel: Nathaniel B. PalmerDates in ice: 10 Sep 2001 - 22 Oct 2001Observers: Rob Massom and othersSummary of voyage track:10/9/01 First brash ice11-20/9/01 Transect from vicinity of Palmer to Rothera22/9/01 - 21/10/01 Marguerite Bay and out to ice edge21/10/01 Ice edge at 67'18.55S 71'29.49W22/10/01 Transect parallel to ice edge to vicinity of PalmerThe 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