G01360Submarine Upward Looking Sonar Ice Draft Profile Data and StatisticsNational Snow and Ice Data Center (comp.).Submarine Upward Looking Sonar Ice Draft Profile Data and Statistics1998-01-01Boulder, Colorado USANSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center1false10.7265/N54Q7RWKhttps://doi.org/10.7265/N54Q7RWKG01360Technical ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAInvestigatorW.B.Tucker IIIInvestigatorS.F.AckleyStephen.Ackley@utsa.eduInvestigatorD.EpplerInvestigatorD.FarmerInvestigatorN.R.DavisInvestigatorPeterWadhamspw11@damtp.cam.ac.ukWilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WACambridgeEnglandInvestigatorY.Yuyanling@apl.washington.eduInvestigatorM.Wensnahanthinice@apl.washington.eduInvestigatorD.A.Rothrockrothrock@apl.washington.eduEARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHERESEA ICEICE DEFORMATION EARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHERESEA ICEICE DEPTH/THICKNESS EARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHERESEA ICEICE ROUGHNESS EARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHERESEA ICELEADS Climatology/Meteorology/AtmosphereOceansAIDJEX-projectDeclassified Naval Submarine DataIce DraftMoored Upward Looking Sonar-projectSea Ice Observations and Charts-projectSubmarine DataUpward Looking SonarSONARSound Navigation and RangingUPWARD LOOKING SONARSUBMARINE1960-02-012005-11-30in work7090-180180OceanArctic OceanThese data are freely, openly, and fully accessible without restrictions.These data are freely, openly, and fully available to use without restrictions, provided that you cite the data according to the recommended citation at https://nsidc.org/about/use_copyright.html.EnglishNOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationhttp://nsidc.org/noaa/Data Center ContactNOAAUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAFTP670 - 25,000 KBASCIIAckley, S. F., W. D. Hibler III, F. K. Kugzruk, A. Kovacs, and W. F. Weeks. 1976. Thickness and roughness variations of Arctic multiyear sea ice. CRREL Report 76-18, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, 25 pp.
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It includes data from both U.S. Navy and Royal Navy submarines. Data are provided as ice draft profiles and as statistics derived from the profile data. Statistics files include information concerning ice draft characteristics, keels, level ice, leads, un-deformed and deformed ice.VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://doi.org/10.7265/N54Q7RWKDocumentationGET DATAhttps://noaadata.apps.nsidc.org/NOAA/G01360/HTTPSUSA/NOAACEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.91998-01-012023-06-28NSIDCVersion SummaryNSIDCMinor VersionNSIDCUpdate Frequencyupdated 2006NSIDCCurrent Version1NSIDCLevel of ServiceComprehensiveNSIDCFull Dataset CitationNational Snow and Ice Data Center (comp.). 1998, updated 2006. <i>Submarine Upward Looking Sonar Ice Draft Profile Data and Statistics.</i> [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.7265/N54Q7RWK">https://doi.org/10.7265/N54Q7RWK</a>. [Date Accessed].NSIDCRetiredfalseNSIDCRelated Servicesapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalsejroebuckmmt_service_32962S2721063021-NSIDCV0NSIDCV01service2023-06-27T14:22:11.750Zhttps://noaadata.apps.nsidc.org/NSIDCV0_NOAA_Data_HTTPS_File_SystemNOT PROVIDED1NOAA@NSIDC HTTPS File SystemAccess and download NOAA@NSIDC data using a web browser, or through a command line utility such as WGET, or using programming languages such as R or Python.https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/how-access-and-download-noaansidc-dataVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONNOAA@NSIDC HTTPS Access GuidePublicationURLUSER SERVICESNSIDC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgDATA ACCESS/RETRIEVALDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESThis is the most current release of this service.AUTHORDEVELOPERPUBLISHERSERVICE PROVIDERNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the National Snow and Ice Data CenterNSIDC_NOAAhttps://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/service/v1.4UMM-S1.4https://noaadata.apps.nsidc.org/NOAA/G01360/