Haskell, Tim; Gough, Alexander J; Langhorne, Patricia J; Clavano, Wendy (2021): Drill hole measurements of fast ice and sub-ice platelet layer thickness, and snow depth in McMurdo Sound - November 2009 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933074
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Abstract:
Sea ice thickness and sub-ice platelet layer thickness under sea ice was measured in regular intervals. Holes were drilled into sea ice at measurement sites about 5 km apart. The thickness was measured using measurement tapes. Snow depth on sea ice was also measured at sites.
Related to:
Haas, Christian; Langhorne, Patricia J; Rack, Wolfgang; Leonard, Gregory H; Brett, Gemma Marie; Price, Daniel; Beckers, Justin F (2021): Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 15(1), 247-264, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021
Hoppmann, Mario; Richter, Maren E; Smith, Inga J; Jendersie, Stefan; Langhorne, Patricia J; Thomas, David N; Dieckmann, Gerhard S (2020): Platelet ice, the Southern Ocean's hidden ice: a review. Annals of Glaciology, 61(83), 341-368, https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.54
Langhorne, Patricia J; Hughes, Kenneth G; Gough, Alexander J; Smith, Inga J; Williams, Michael J M; Robinson, Natalie J; Stevens, Craig L; Rack, Wolfgang; Price, Daniel; Leonard, Gregory H; Mahoney, Andrew R; Haas, Christian; Haskell, Timothy G (2015): Observed platelet ice distributions in Antarctic sea ice: An index for ocean-ice shelf heat flux. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(13), 5442-5451, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL064508
Price, Daniel; Rack, Wolfgang; Haas, Christian; Langhorne, Patricia J; Marsh, Oliver (2013): Sea ice freeboard in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, derived by surface-validated ICESat laser altimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(7), 3634-3650, https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20266
Rack, Wolfgang; Haas, Christian; Langhorne, Patricia J (2013): Airborne thickness and freeboard measurements over the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and implications for ice density. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(11), 5899-5907, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009084
Wongpan, Pat; Vancoppenolle, Martin; Langhorne, Patricia J; Smith, Inga J; Madec, Gurvan; Gough, Alexander J; Mahoney, Andrew R; Haskell, Timothy G (in review): Sub-ice platelet layer in a one-dimensional thermodynamic sea ice model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Funding:
Antarctica New Zealand, grant/award no. PROJ-12807-IPY-UOO: New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology and comprised part of New Zealand's contribution to the International Polar Year
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -77.708323 * Median Longitude: 165.874542 * South-bound Latitude: -77.883950 * West-bound Longitude: 164.400000 * North-bound Latitude: -77.566517 * East-bound Longitude: 166.766483
Date/Time Start: 2009-11-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2009-11-18T00:00:00
Event(s):
McMurdo-2009_1 * Latitude: -77.666667 * Longitude: 164.400000 * Date/Time: 2009-11-17T00:00:00 * Location: McMurdo Sound * Method/Device: Ice drill (ICEDRILL)
Parameter(s):
# | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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1 | Event label | Event | Brett, Gemma Marie | |||
2 | Date/Time of event | Date/Time | Brett, Gemma Marie | |||
3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Brett, Gemma Marie | |||
4 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Brett, Gemma Marie | |||
5 | Identification | ID | Brett, Gemma Marie | Object | ||
6 | Sea ice thickness | EsEs | m | Brett, Gemma Marie | ||
7 | Sub-ice platelet-layer thickness | SIPL | m | Brett, Gemma Marie | ||
8 | Freeboard | Freeboard | m | Brett, Gemma Marie | ||
9 | Snow thickness | Snow thick | m | Brett, Gemma Marie |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
103 data points
Data
1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Longitude | 4 Latitude | 5 ID | 6 EsEs [m] | 7 SIPL [m] | 8 Freeboard [m] | 9 Snow thick [m] |
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McMurdo-2009_18 | 2009-11-02 | 166.3581 | -77.8079 | 1 | 6.28 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.76 |
McMurdo-2009_19 | 2009-11-02 | 166.5044 | -77.8574 | 2 | 5.50 | 0.84 | 0.45 | 0.40 |
McMurdo-2009_20 | 2009-11-02 | 166.6233 | -77.8839 | 3 | 3.28 | 1.69 | 0.00 | 1.20 |
McMurdo-2009_21 | 2009-11-02 | 166.7665 | -77.8825 | 4 | 2.51 | 1.70 | -0.14 | 1.24 |
McMurdo-2009_16 | 2009-11-09 | 166.1996 | -77.7667 | 5 | 6.58 | 0.45 | 0.05 | 0.58 |
McMurdo-2009_5 | 2009-11-09 | 165.2000 | -77.6667 | 6 | 2.29 | 1.86 | 0.19 | 0.09 |
McMurdo-2009_15 | 2009-11-09 | 166.1971 | -77.7172 | 7 | 2.16 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
McMurdo-2009_17 | 2009-11-09 | 166.3128 | -77.7759 | 8 | 2.40 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.15 |
McMurdo-2009_9 | 2009-11-10 | 166.0000 | -77.6667 | 9 | 2.14 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.04 |
McMurdo-2009_11 | 2009-11-10 | 166.4000 | -77.6667 | 10 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
McMurdo-2009_12 | 2009-11-10 | 166.6000 | -77.6667 | 11 | 2.11 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
McMurdo-2009_2 | 2009-11-16 | 164.6000 | -77.6667 | 12 | 6.82 | 0.38 | 0.76 | 0.10 |
McMurdo-2009_3 | 2009-11-16 | 164.8000 | -77.6667 | 13 | 2.47 | 2.19 | 0.26 | 0.06 |
McMurdo-2009_4 | 2009-11-16 | 165.0000 | -77.6667 | 14 | 2.47 | 2.86 | 0.26 | 0.08 |
McMurdo-2009_6 | 2009-11-16 | 165.4000 | -77.6667 | 15 | 2.29 | 0.58 | 0.21 | 0.06 |
McMurdo-2009_7 | 2009-11-16 | 165.6000 | -77.6667 | 16 | 2.14 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.04 |
McMurdo-2009_8 | 2009-11-16 | 165.8000 | -77.6667 | 17 | 2.20 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.04 |
McMurdo-2009_1 | 2009-11-17 | 164.4000 | -77.6667 | 18 | 6.86 | 0.66 | 0.13 | |
McMurdo-2009_10 | 2009-11-18 | 166.1999 | -77.6667 | 19 | 2.05 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.12 |
McMurdo-2009_13 | 2009-11-18 | 166.2037 | -77.5665 | 20 | 2.05 | 0.00 | 0.21 | |
McMurdo-2009_14 | 2009-11-18 | 166.2000 | -77.6167 | 21 | 2.00 | 0.38 | 0.14 | 0.21 |