Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing at Windless Bight, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0604
DOI: 10.7265/N5V122QS
NON-NSIDC DATA PRODUCT

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Overview

Fiber-optic equipped moorings for Raman backscatter Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) were installed at Windless Bight, Antarctica in November 2011. Continuous-in-space measurements of temperature were recorded every meter along the mooring.
Parameter(s):
ICE TEMPERATURE
OCEAN TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
GROUND STATIONS
MOORINGS
Sensor(s):
PRESSURE SENSORS
TEMPERATURE LOGGERS
TEMPERATURE SENSORS
Data Format(s):
MAT
Temporal Coverage:
  • 26 November 2011 to 15 January 2013
Temporal Resolution:
  • Varies
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    -77.76667
    S:
    -77.76667
    E:
    167.5333
    W:
    167.5333
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.