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Sea ice parameters near McMurdo Station, Antarctica from 1986 to 2013 (NCEI Accession 0277411)

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This dataset contains meteorological and physical data collected at McMurdo Station during deployment McMurdo_IceThickness_1986-2013 in the South Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean from 1986-01-01 to 2013-01-01. These data include ice_thickness, temp_ air, and water temperature. The instruments used to collect these data include Measuring Tape. These data were collected by Dr David G. Ainley of H.T. Harvey & Associates, Dr Stacy Kim of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Dr Grant Ballard of Point Blue Conservation Science, and Dr Kendra L. Daly of University of South Florida as part of the "Food web dynamics in an intact ecosystem: the role of top predators in McMurdo Sound (McMurdo Predator Prey)" project. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2023-01-23.

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Sea ice parameters near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 1986-2013

Dataset Description:
This dataset contains sea ice thickness, sea ice temperature, and air temperature at the sea ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from 1986-2013.
  • Cite as: Kim, Stacy; Daly, Kendra L.; Ainley, David G.; Ballard, Grant (2023). Sea ice parameters near McMurdo Station, Antarctica from 1986 to 2013 (NCEI Accession 0277411). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0277411. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1986-01-01 to 2013-01-01
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: 166.469
East: 166.469
South: -77.854
North: -77.854
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  • Biological, chemical, physical, biogeochemical, ecological, environmental and other data collected from around the world during historical and contemporary periods of biological and chemical oceanographic exploration and research managed and submitted by the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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  • Kim, Stacy, Daly, Kendra, Ainley, David and Ballard, Grant (2017) Sea ice parameters near McMurdo Station, Antarctica from 1986 to 2013. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Dataset version 2017-01-18. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.708232
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2023-04-03
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Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
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Acquisition Description:
Actual sampling location varied slightly between years and may be obtainable from support contractor records. Approximate location of sampling was McMurdo Station, Antarctica (77°51′14″S, 166°28′07″E). The number of measurements varied between different years from 1 to 20. All data were collected within an area of approximately 0.28 km2, at a standard suite of 16 stations along a 3000 m distance, and five stations across an orthogonal 1000 m distance.

At each station, small holes were drilled through the ice and the thickness measured using a meter tape with a lever-arm that held the zero-point against the bottom of the fast ice. Thickness was measured for solid ice and did not include underlying brash ice or frazil ice, nor overlying snow.

Notes:

1999 began collection of additional data on time of day and snow depth
2003 began collection of additional data from shipping channel sites
2006 stopped collection of shipping channel site data, began collection of additional data on ice temperature profiles
2010 did not collect ice temperature profile data.

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Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Kim, Stacy; Daly, Kendra L.; Ainley, David G.; Ballard, Grant (2023). Sea ice parameters near McMurdo Station, Antarctica from 1986 to 2013 (NCEI Accession 0277411). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0277411. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
BCO-DMO Standard Parameters BODC Parameter Usage Vocabulary Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords MEDATLAS Parameter Usage Vocabulary Originator Parameter Names
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords BCO-DMO Platform Names Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
Instrument keywords BCO-DMO Standard Instruments Originator Instrument Names
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Provider Place Names
Project keywords BCO-DMO Standard Projects Provider Deployment IDs Provider Funding Award Information
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
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  • Cite as: Kim, Stacy; Daly, Kendra L.; Ainley, David G.; Ballard, Grant (2023). Sea ice parameters near McMurdo Station, Antarctica from 1986 to 2013 (NCEI Accession 0277411). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0277411. Accessed [date].
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  • 2023-04-03T12:27:11Z - NCEI Accession 0277411 v1.1 was published.
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Last Modified: 2024-06-26T15:35:16Z
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