IOS Eastern Beaufort Sea
Ice Draft and Ice Velocity Data in the Easrtern Beaufort Sea, 1990-2003
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Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney BC, Canada |
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Dr. Humfrey Melling, email: Humfrey.Melling at dfo-mpo.gc.ca |
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At the Snow and Ice Data Center: |
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Upward Looking Sonar on bottom anchored moorings |
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Eastern Beaufort Sea at 9 different sites |
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April 1990 to September 2003 (ongoing) |
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Data were processed and calibrated by H. Melling and D. A Reidel, IOS. Statistical summaries were computed by IOS and reformatted by R. Lindsay. The NSIDC data set has 10 observation sites, but the tenth has ice velocity data only. |
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4.18e+06 point values, 389 monthly averages |
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summary from the NSIDC web site (pdf, dated September 2008)
documentation from the NSIDC web site (pdf file) ASL Ice Profiler Specifications (pdf file) |
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At the National Snow and Ice Data Center: |
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Melling, H. and D.A. Riedel. 2008. Ice Draft and Ice Velocity Data in the Beaufort Sea, 1990-2003. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media. A long list of related pubications is included in the NSIDC documentation. |
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Distribution of the data set from NSIDC is supported by funding from NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC). |
Eastern Beaufort Sea study area with the ten mooring locations.
Diagrams of three different mooring types
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Box plots for each site
Box plots show the median (black) and the 5th, 25th, 75th, and 95th percentile values for each month. The colors indicate the month of the year. Click on a plot to see a large image.