Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B Palmer - NBP 01-04 (GLOBEC)
These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer Dates in ice: 26 Jul 2001 - 27 Aug 2001 Observers: Frank Stewart, Kerry Claffey, others
Summary of voyage track: 26/7 Ice edge at approx 64S, 69W 26/7 - 27/8 Cruise track focussed on western side of Peninsula 27/8 Observations finished at approx 65S, 64W (Note - The Lawrence M. Gould was in the same area at the same time - GD070801)
The fields in this dataset are: SEA ICE CONCENTRATION SEA ICE FLOE SIZE SEA ICE SNOW COVER SEA ICE THICKNESS SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY SEA ICE TYPE RECORD DATE TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE OPEN WATER TRACK SNOW THICKNESS SNOW TYPE SEA TEMPERATURE AIR TEMPERATURE WIND VELOCITY WIND DIRECTION FILM COUNTER FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER VISIBILITY CODE CLOUD WEATHER CODE COMMENTS
Data and resources
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Download point for sea ice softwareHTML Open
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Download point for the data - log files, postscript files, excel files.HTML Open
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ASPECT websiteHTML Open
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Download the ASPECT Report - A Technique for Making Ship-Based Observations of Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness and CharacteristicsHTML Open
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Readme file containing instructions on how to use the log files and software.HTML Open
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Citation reference for this metadata record and datasetHTML Open
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PNG Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 2001-07-26 – 2001-08-27 |
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| Date (publication) | 2002-05-21 |
| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | This metadata record is publicly available. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |