Sea Ice Conductivity Measurements from Antarctic Voyage

ASAC Project 2381 data compares in-situ and laboratory electrical conductivity measurements of sea ice. Data collection occurred during the Aurora Australis voyage in the 2003/2004 Antarctic season. The project was conducted by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC).

Use Cases

• Modeling bulk sea ice conductivity for electromagnetic thickness sounding using Latitude, Longitude, and Conductivity fields.
• Analyzing the relationship between sea ice Temperature and its measured electrical Conductivity.
• Validating small-scale laboratory conductivity measurements against in-situ field data from the same core samples.
• Mapping spatial variability of sea ice properties using georeferenced Conductivity data from Latitude and Longitude columns.

Strengths

• Includes six specific measurement fields: Latitude, Longitude, Time, Date, Conductivity, and Temperature.
• Project documentation is provided as a detailed Word document within the download file.

Limitations

• Dataset size, row count, and specific file formats are unknown.
• Data is temporally limited to a single research voyage in the 2003/2004 season.
• The license terms for use and redistribution are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC) for ASAC Project 2381.

Collection Method

In-situ field measurements and laboratory analysis of sea ice core samples collected during an Antarctic research voyage.

Time Range

2003/2004 Antarctic season.

Freshness

Data was last updated on 2003-10-20.

Geography

Antarctic region, specific locations defined by Latitude and Longitude fields.