Arctic small-scale ice motion data (1983-1984)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Scott Polar Research Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From February to March 1983 (Bering Sea); from June to July 1983 and from June to July 1984 (Greenland Sea) |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Bering Sea (59degN-60degN, 172degW-174degW); Greenland Sea (78degN-81degN) |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Ice motion and related parameters |
| Instruments | Snow and ice samplers |
| Description | |
| Summary | The buoys were inserted in the marginal ice zone (MIZ) within 100- 200 km of ice edge in the Bering sea and in the Greenland Sea and tracked for periods of several days. |
| Originators | Scott Polar Research Institute |
| References | Squire, V.A., Wadhams, P., Cowan, A.M., O'Farrell, S. and Weintraub, R. (1993) MIZEX 83 Data Summary., Technical Report 83-1. 154 pp., Sea Ice Group, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England.; Wadhams P., Squire, V.A. and Cowan, A.M (1984) SPRI programme on ice edge kinematics, waves and aerial photography during MIZEX-84. MIZEX Bulletin V, p70-73, in US Army Cold Regions and Research Engineering Laboratory., MIZEX Bulletin V, p70-73, Special Report 84-29, CRREL, Dartmouth, New Hampshire.; P. Wadhams and O'Farrell, S. (1985) The motion of ice edge radar transponders during MIZEX-West. MIZEX Bulletin VI, 50-67, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory., MIZEX Bulletin VI, 50-67, Special Report 85-6, CRREL, Dartmouth, New Hampshire. |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Scott Polar Research Institute |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Enquiries |
| Address | Scott Polar Research Institute |
| Telephone | +44 1223 336540 |
| enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1018010 |
| Global identifier | 1323 |
| Last revised | 2009-11-30 |
