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McMurdo Sound Sea Ice Data Available to Download

Data provided here have been collected as part of the project "Measurements and Improved Parameterization of the Thermal Conductivity and Heat Flow through First-Year Sea Ice", OPP-0126007* and include measurements of temperature and various ice properties at selected sites in first-year and multiyear sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica in the years 2002-2004. Data from earlier installations of thermistor chains for measurements of ice temperature carried out by the New Zealand team have also been included. Data files are in Microsoft Excel format, with individual worksheets for specific cores or temperature data sets. Detailed information and comments on data sampling location etc. are provided in the files.

Further information on data collection, results etc. can be found in the following publications:
Backstrom, L. G. E., and H. Eicken 2007, submitted, Capacitance probe measurements of brine volume and bulk salinity in first-year sea ice, Cold Reg. Sci. Tech.
Pringle, D. J., H. Eicken, H. J. Trodahl, and L. G. E. Backstrom 2007, submitted, Thermal conductivity of landfast Antarctic and Arctic sea ice, J. Geophys. Res.
Trodahl, H. J., S. O. F. Wilkinson, M. J. McGuinness, and T. G. Haskell 2001, Thermal conductivity of sea ice; dependence on temperature and depth, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1279-1282.

*Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Data are in Microsoft Excel format.
Abbreviations: AH = Arrival Heights; CH = Camp Haskell (near Delbridge Islands); VUW = Victoria University Wellington; UAF = University Alaska Fairbanks.

Ice Core Data

2002
2004

Ice Temperature Data

(VUW arrays unless noted UAF)

1996 | Arrival Heights |
1997 | Arrival Heights |
1999 | Arrival Heights | Camp Haskell |
2000 | Arrival Heights |
2002 | Delbridge Is. 1 | Delbridge Is. 2 | Delbridge Is. UAF |
2003 | Arrival Hts MY| Arrival Hts.MY UAF |

Other Data

Metadata

Data updated 14 July 2006

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