Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V4 1998/99

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: 05 Nov 1998 - 18 Dec 1998Observers: Matt PagetSummary of voyage track:5/11 Ice edge at approx. 60S, 113E5-7/11 Ice edge to Casey8-18/11 Casey to Davis (conducting survey of pack ice seals)22-23/11 From Davis west to 74E24-26/11 No obs - flying operations27-30/11 Vicinity of 74E1-12/11 No obs - ship stopped in ice due to propeller damage13-18/2 Towed to ice edge by Shirase, ice obs conducted.The 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