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OAS accession Detail for 0277411
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| Title: | Sea ice parameters near McMurdo Station, Antarctica from 1986 to 2013 (NCEI Accession 0277411) |
| Abstract: | 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. The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO: 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. |
| Date received: | 20230123 |
| Start date: | 19860101 |
| End date: | 20130101 |
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| West boundary: | 166.469 |
| East boundary: | 166.469 |
| North boundary: | -77.854 |
| South boundary: | -77.854 |
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| Submitting institution: | Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office |
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| Supplementary information: | 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. For access to additional data that are available but not transcribed into this data set; please contact authors to obtain access. |
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| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2023-04-03 05:15:56+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-04-03 05:18:17+00 |