Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 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: 21 Jul 1998 - 26 Jul 1998Observers: Tony Worby, Vicky Lytle, Rob Massom, Anton Rada, Ian AllisonSummary of voyage track:21/7 Ice edge at approx. 64S, 147E21-22/7 Steamed southward22/7 Ship disabled due to engine room fire22-25/7 Ship stationary in ice25-26/7 Ship steamed north to ice edge at approx. 63S, 143EThe 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