Sea Ice Observations from the Polar Bird V3 2000/01

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.These data are in the ASPeCt format.National program: AustraliaVessel: Polar BirdDates in ice: 23 Nov 2000 - 19 Dec 2000Observers: Mel Fitzpatrick, Ian AllisonSummary of voyage track:23/11 Ice edge at approx. 63S, 111E23-27/11 Ice edge to Casey fly off28/11 - 17/12 Ship stuck in ice, drifting slowly westward18-19/12 Steamed north to ice edge at approx. 64S, 104EThe 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