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Sea Ice data from ARSV Laurence M. Gould and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises LMG0106, LMG0205, NBP0104, and NBP0204 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Sea Ice Microbes project) (NCEI Accession 0112820)

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This dataset contains meteorological and physical data collected on ARSV Laurence M. Gould and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer during cruises LMG0106, LMG0205, NBP0104, and NBP0204 in the Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean from 2001-07-27 to 2002-09-15. These data include air temperature, cloud cover, visibility, water temperature, wind_dir, and wind_speed_kts. These data were collected by Dr Chris H. Fritsen of Desert Research Institute as part of the "GLOBEC: Sea Ice Microbial Communities (Sea Ice Microbes)" and "U.S. GLOBEC Southern Ocean (SOGLOBEC)" projects and "U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC)" program. 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 data from Southern Ocean cruises

Dataset Description:
Sea Ice Observations during Southern Ocean GLOBEC

Sea ice observations on the Southern Ocean GLOBEC cruises were conducted according to standardized protocols developed and utilized by members of the Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate working group (co-sponsored by SCAR and GlOCHANT).

Related datasets:
ice properties, ice thickness, snow pits

More details regarding methodology can be found or by contacting Dr. C.H. Fritsen.
  • Cite as: Fritsen, Chris H. (2013). Sea Ice data from ARSV Laurence M. Gould and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises LMG0106, LMG0205, NBP0104, and NBP0204 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Sea Ice Microbes project) (NCEI Accession 0112820). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0112820. In Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office. 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). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/BCO-DMO. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2001-07-27 to 2002-09-15
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -76.85
East: 63.917
South: -69.25
North: 67
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • 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)
  • Fritsen, C. (2003) Sea Ice data from ARSV Laurence M. Gould and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises LMG0106, LMG0205, NBP0104, and NBP0204 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Sea Ice Microbes project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Dataset version 2003-02-11. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.2377.1
  • Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data):
    • gov.noaa.nodc:BCO-DMO
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2013-09-09
  • revision: 2023-03-30
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
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
Supplemental Information
OPEN WATER (OpnWtrCode) :
Code --- Description
0 --- No openings
1 --- Small cracks
2 --- Very narrow breaks, <50m
50m 50m 50m 3 --- Narrow breaks, 50-200 m
4 --- Wide breaks, 200-500 m
5 --- Very wide breaks, >500 m
6 --- Lead/coastal lead
7 --- Polynya/coastal polynya
8 --- Water broken only by small scattered floes
9 --- Open sea

ICE CONCn (IceCon): to be expressed in tenths.

ICE TYPE (ITypeCode) :
Code --- Description
10 --- Frazil
11 --- Shuga
12 --- Grease
20 -- Nilas
30 --- Pancakes
40 --- Young grey ice, 0.1-0.15 m
50 --- Young grey-white ice, 0.15-0.3 m
60 --- First year, 0.3-0.7 m
70 --- First year, 0.7-1.2 m
80 --- First year, >1.2 m
85 --- Multiyear floes
90 --- Brash
95 --- Fast ice

SEA ICE (IThkns) AND SNOWTHICKNESS (SnoThkns): to be expressed in centimetres.

FLOE SIZE (FloSzCode):
Code --- Description
100 --- Pancakes
200 --- New sheet ice
300 --- Brash/broken ice
400 --- Cake ice, <20 m
20 20 20 500 --- Small floes, 20-100 m
600 --- Medium floes, 100-500 m
700 --- Large floes, 500-2000 m
800 --- Vast floes, >2000 m

SNOW TYPE (SnoTypCode):
Code --- Description
0 --- No snow observation
1 --- No snow, no ice or brash
2 --- Cold new snow, < 1 day old
3 --- Cold old snow
4 --- Cold wind-packed snow
5 --- New melting snow (wet new snow)
6 --- Old melting snow
7 --- Glaze
8 --- Melt slush
9 --- Melt puddles
10 --- Saturated snow (waves)
11 --- Sastrugi

TOPOGRAPHY (TopoCode):
Code Description
100 Level ice
200 Rafted pancakes
300 Cemented pancakes
400 Finger rafting
5xy New, unconsolidated ridges (no snow)
6xy New ridges filled with snow or a snow cover
7xy Consolidated ridges (no weathering)
8xy Older, weathered ridges
x values Areal Coverage
0 0-10%
1 10-20%
2 20-30%
3 30-40%
4 40-50%
5 50-60%
6 60-70%
7 70-80%
8 80-90%
9 90-100%
y values Avg. Sail Height
1 0.5 m
2 1.0 m
3 1.5 m
4 2.0 m
5 3.0 m
6 4.0 m
7 5.0 m

The following weather observation codes and descriptions are from the "National Weather Service Observing Handbook No. 1", Marine Surface Weather Observations, August 1995. U.S. Department of Commerce, Silver Spring, MD.

VISIBILITY (visib):
Code --- Visibility in m/km
90 --- less than 50 m
91 --- 50 but less than 200 m
92 --- 200 but less than 500 m
93 --- 500 but less than 1000 m
94 --- > 1 but less than 2 km
95 --- > 2 but less than 4 km
96 --- > 4 but less than 10 km
97 --- > 10 but less than 20 km
98 --- > 20 but less than 50 km
99 --- > 50 km or more

TOTAL CLOUD COVER (cldcvr): to be expressed in eighths; -1 = Sky obscured by fog, snow or other met. phenom.

PRESENT WEATHER (wx):
Code Description
Change of sky during past hour
0 Cloud development not observable
1 Clouds dissolving or becoming less developed
2 State of the sky on the whole unchanged
3 Clouds generally forming or developing
Phenomena in past hour but not at time of obs
28 Fog (in past hour, but not at time of obs.)

36 Slight or moderate drifting snow, low (below eye level)
37 Heavy drifting snow, low (below eye level)
38 Slight or moderate drifting snow, high (above eye level)
39 Heavy drifting snow, high (above eye level)
Fog at the time of observation
41 Sky visible
Fog in patches (visibility may be greater than 1/2 nm)
42 Sky visible
Fog has become thinner in past hour
43 Sky invisible
For has become thinner in past hour
44 Sky visible
Fog, no change in past hour
45 Sky invisible
Fog, no change in past hour
46 Sky visible
Fog has begun or thickened in past hour
47 Sky invisible
Fog has begun or thickened in past hour
Drizzle
50 Intermittent
Slight drizzle
56 Slight
Freezing drizzle
Rain (Not falling as showers)
60 Intermittent
Slight rain
Solid precipitation not falling as showers
70 Intermittent
Slight snow in flakes
71 Continuous
Slight snow in flakes
72 Intermittent
Moderate snow in flakes
73 Continuous
Moderate snow in flakes
74 Intermittent
Heavy snow in flakes
75 Continuous
Heavy snow in flakes
76 Diamond dust (with or without fog)
77 Snow grains (with or without fog)
Solid precipitation in showers
85 Slight
Shower of snow
86 Moderate or heavy
Shower of snow

Acquisition Description:

Sea ice observations on the Southern Ocean GLOBEC cruises were conducted according to standardized protocols developed and utilized by members of the Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate working group (co-sponsored by SCAR and GlOCHANT).

Routine observations of sea ice and snow characteristics were routinely collected on an hourly basis while the L.M. Gould was actively steaming throughout the cruise. These observations began on 26 July 2001 and continued through 27 August 2001. The observational protocol followed during the cruise was the protocol that is formally endorsed by the SCAR ASPeCt (Antarctic Sea ice Processes and Climate) program for observing sea ice characteristics. In short, our program (combined efforts of BG-244 as well as OG-241) was able to gather the information that will be used to characterize the predominate types of ice in the region according to parameters, such as areal coverage, floe size, ice thickness, snow type, snow thickness and deformation.

In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
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: Fritsen, Chris H. (2013). Sea Ice data from ARSV Laurence M. Gould and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises LMG0106, LMG0205, NBP0104, and NBP0204 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Sea Ice Microbes project) (NCEI Accession 0112820). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0112820. In Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office. 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). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/BCO-DMO. Accessed [date].
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  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Fritsen, Chris H. (2013). Sea Ice data from ARSV Laurence M. Gould and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises LMG0106, LMG0205, NBP0104, and NBP0204 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Sea Ice Microbes project) (NCEI Accession 0112820). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0112820. In Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office. 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). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/BCO-DMO. Accessed [date].
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  • 2013-09-09T13:46:15Z - NCEI Accession 0112820 v1.1 was published.
  • 2023-03-30T12:39:30Z - NCEI Accession 0112820 was revised and v2.2 was published.
    Rationale: Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
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  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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  • R/V Laurence M. Gould
  • RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
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