Nicolaus, Marcel; Zimmer, Florian: Sea ice conditions during POLARSTERN cruise PS138 (ArcWatch-1) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.997287 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
This dataset contains observations of sea-ice, snow, and meteorological conditions collected during the ArcWatch-1 expedition PS138 to the Central Arctic in August and September 2023. Hourly observations were conducted by cruise participants whenever the ship was cruising, following the ASSIST protocol (https://cryo.met.no/en/icewatch). Observations include sea-ice concentration and thickness, snow thickness, melt pond coverage and depth, visibility, cloud type and height, as well as three photographs per observation. These observations are part of a larger initiative to document sea-ice conditions using vessels operating in the Arctic and Antarctic (https://www.cen.uni-hamburg.de/en/icdc/data/cryosphere/seaiceparameter-shipobs.html).
Related to:
Boetius, Antje; Bienhold, Christina (2024): The Expedition PS138 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Arctic Ocean in 2023. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 788, 288 pp, https://doi.org/10.57738/BzPM_0788_2024
Hutchings, Jennifer K; Hughes, Nick; Orlich, Alice; MacFarlane, Scott; Cowan, Alex; Farmer, Lauren; Faber, Kate (2011): Ice Watch: Standardizing and expanding Arctic ship based sea ice observations. 23 pp, hutchingsetal-2011.pdf
Further details:
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PS138_00: DWD,Heliservice
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 85.406440 * Median Longitude: 73.611971 * South-bound Latitude: 81.124700 * West-bound Longitude: 8.081000 * North-bound Latitude: 89.980600 * East-bound Longitude: 145.467000
Date/Time Start: 2023-08-06T21:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-09-23T18:01:00
Minimum Elevation: -577.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -414.0 m
Event(s):
PS138_0_Underway-55 * Latitude Start: 81.141346 * Longitude Start: 18.126733 * Latitude End: 81.337940 * Longitude End: 18.972408 * Date/Time Start: 2023-08-06T21:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-09-23T18:00:05 * Elevation Start: -414.0 m * Elevation End: -577.0 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/3171 * Campaign: PS138 (ArcWatch-1) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Ice observation (ICEOBS)
Comment:
Ice observation data collected by cruise participants during PS138 (Arcwatch-1) according to ASSIST protocol (https://cryo.met.no/en/icewatch).
We thank all cruise participants that contributed to this dataset, namely: Antonia Thielecke, Autun Purser, Benjamin Rabe, Boris Koch, Carolin Mehlmann, Carolin Uhlir, Daniel Scholz, Emiliano Cimoli, Erika Allhusen, Esther Horvath, Felix Janssen, Florian Zimmer, Frederic Tardeck, Frederik Bussmann, Ian Raphael, Jakob Barz, Jan Rohde, Julia Regnery, Julia Wenzel, Katharina Kohlenbach, Lena Eggers, Lilian Boehringer, Manuel Ernst, Marcel Nicolaus, Matthias Wietz, Morten Iversen, Natasha Bryan, Nils Vogt, Rebecca Gorniak, Thomas Richter, Tim Kalvelage, Ulrich Hoge
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License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
3811 data points
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