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Worby, Anthony P; Steer, Adam; Lieser, Jan L; Heil, Petra; Yi, Donghui; Markus, Thorsten; Allison, Ian; Massom, Robert A; Galin, Natalia; Zwally, H Jay (2011): (Table 2) Ice, snow and freeboard statistics from measurement transects at 11 ice stations during Aurora Australis cruise SIPEX in 2007 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841956, Supplement to: Worby, AP et al. (2011): Regional-scale sea-ice and snow thickness distributions from in situ and satellite measurements over East Antarctica during SIPEX 2007. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 58(9-10), 1125-1136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.12.001

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Abstract:
The Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem experiment (SIPEX) was conducted in the East Antarctic pack ice zone between 115-130°E from 9 September - 11 October, 2007. In situ measurements of sea-ice and snow properties were conducted at 15 ice stations, together with ship-based ASPeCt observations. The ice and snow thickness varied considerably in different regions of the pack ice, with particularly thick ice associated with deformation and a strong slope jet in the southwest of the study region. The mean ice thickness was 0.99 m (1.57 m excluding the northern marginal ice zones), but varied from 0.61 m along the southern leg to 1.80 m along the western leg, with pockets of considerably thicker ice in some regions. Swell was observed on two occasions penetrating more than 330 km south of the ice edge into regions with 80-100% ice concentration. Ice thicknesses calculated from near coincident ICESat laser altimetry (1.74 m) are similar to the in-situ observations in the central pack (1.57 m).
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -64.896364 * Median Longitude: 121.631818 * South-bound Latitude: -65.580000 * West-bound Longitude: 116.800000 * North-bound Latitude: -64.250000 * East-bound Longitude: 128.050000
Date/Time Start: 2007-09-11T01:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-10-08T04:30:00
Event(s):
IO-1 * Latitude: -64.250000 * Longitude: 128.000000 * Date/Time Start: 2007-09-11T01:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-09-11T11:30:00 * Location: South Indian Ocean * Campaign: SIPEX * Basis: Aurora Australis * Method/Device: Ice station (ICE)
IO-2 * Latitude: -64.480000 * Longitude: 128.050000 * Date/Time Start: 2007-09-12T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-09-12T07:30:00 * Location: South Indian Ocean * Campaign: SIPEX * Basis: Aurora Australis * Method/Device: Ice station (ICE)
IO-3 * Latitude: -64.400000 * Longitude: 127.130000 * Date/Time Start: 2007-09-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-09-14T09:00:00 * Location: South Indian Ocean * Campaign: SIPEX * Basis: Aurora Australis * Method/Device: Ice station (ICE)
Comment:
Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEvent
2Date/Time of eventDate/Time
3Latitude of eventLatitude
4Longitude of eventLongitude
5DurationDurationhWorby, Anthony P
6LengthlmWorby, Anthony Pof transect
7Number of observationsNOBS#Worby, Anthony P# = measurements at 5 m spacing along the level part of the floe
8Sea ice thicknessEsEsmWorby, Anthony Pmean
9Standard deviationStd dev±Worby, Anthony Psea ice thickness
10FreeboardFreeboardmWorby, Anthony Pof ice
11Standard deviationStd dev±Worby, Anthony Pice freeboard
12Snow thicknessSnow thickmWorby, Anthony Pmean
13Snow thickness, standard deviationSnow thick std dev±Worby, Anthony P
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