Arctic Ocean Drift Tracks from Ships, Buoys and Manned Research Stations, 1872-1973  View Catalog Page Entry ID
G01358
Summary
Thirty-four drift tracks in the Arctic Ocean pack ice are collected in a unified tabular data format, one file per track. Data are from drifting ships, manned research stations on ice floes (ice islands) and data buoys. Track names are FRAM (ship, 1893 to 1896), NP-01 through NP-20 (Soviet North Pole stations on ice floes, 1937, 1950, 1954 to 1970), IGY-A and IGY-B (International Geophysical Year ice camps, 1957 to 59), T-3 (Fletcher's Ice Island, 1959 to 1970), ARLIS-II (Arctic Research Laboratory Ice Station II ice camp, 1961 to 1965), BTAE (British Transarctic Expedition, 1968 to 1969), seven buoys deployed during the AIDJEX (Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment) pilot study (1972), TEGG (Austrian ship Tegetthoff, 1872 to 1873) and St. Anna (Russian ship, 1912 to 1914).
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 90°
S: 80°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: R. Colony and A.S. Thorndike
Dataset Title: Arctic Ocean Drift Tracks from Ships, Buoys and Manned Research Stations, 1872-1973
Dataset Release Date: 1984-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g01358.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1893-01-01
Stop Date: 1973-12-31
Location Keywords
- Geographic Region Polar
- Ocean Arctic Ocean
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
- Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
Ancillary Keywords
- Arctic
- ice buoys
- Ice Island
- Sea Ice Drift
- Ship Tracks
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
- Oceans
Platform
- BUOYS
- GROUND STATIONS
- SHIPS
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: G01358
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: ftp
Personnel
NSIDC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
http://nsidc.org/data/G01358.html
Access to Arctic ocean drift track information and data
Reference
AIDJEX Data Bank Digital Data Indices and Preliminary User's Guide. 1973. AIDJEX Bulletin. 19:125-148
Arctic Climatology Project. 2000. Environmental Working Group Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas. Edited by F. Fetterer and V. Radionov, Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. CD-ROM.
Colony, R., and A. S. Thorndike. 1984. Estimate of the mean field of Arctic sea ice motion. J. Geophys. Res. 89(C6):10623-10629.
Hastings, A. D. 1971. Surface Climate of the Arctic Basin. U. S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories, Ft. Belvoir, VA. NTIS Order No. AD738-796.
National Snow and Ice Data Center. 2002. Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896: Oceanographic Data. Fridtjof Nansen, compiler. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2001-10-04
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