Arctic platform-mounted upward-looking and sidescan echo- sounder data
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Scott Polar Research Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | Unspecified; a number of cruises |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Arctic Basin, mainly Eurasian Basin and Greenland Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Ice motion and related parameters; Side-scan sonar |
| Instruments | Sidescan sonars; snow and ice samplers |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data set comprises echo-sounder readings from platform mounted instruments and includes ice draught distribution, lead distribution and pressure ridge distribution with an examination of pressure ridge cross- sectional features. The project examines the behaviour and distribution of sea ice in the Arctic Basin, including modelling the formation of pressure ridges and leads to a better understand the contribution of sea ice to climatic change with a view to monitoring such phenomena. |
| Originators | Scott Polar Research Institute |
| References | Davis, N.R. and Wadhams, P. (1995) A statistical analysis of Arctic pressure ridge morphology., Journal of Geophysical Research. |
| 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 | 1018011 |
| Global identifier | 1334 |
| Last revised | 2010-01-10 |
