Abstract:
The South Orkney Fast-Ice series (SOFI) is an annual record of the timing of formation and breakout of fast-ice in a bay in the South Orkney Islands on the Scotia Arc in the northern Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Keywords:
fast ice, sea ice
Murphy, E et al (2014); South Orkney Fast-Ice Series; Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge DOI:10/tqw
| Access Constraints: | This dataset has no access constraints. |
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| Use Constraints: | This dataset is published under the UK Open Government Licence V2.0 : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/ |
| Creation Date: | 2014-07-15 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Prof Eugene J Murphy |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact, Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Prof John Turner |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact, Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Prof Andrew Clarke |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Nerile Abram |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Murphy, E. J., A. Clarke, Abram, N.J. and J. Turner (2014), Variability of sea-ice in the northern Weddell Sea during the 20th century. J. Geophys-Res-Oceans, in press. | |
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| Ownership: | British Antarctic Survey NERC High Cross Madingley Road CAMBRIDGE CB3 0ET UNITED KINGDOM |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 1903-01-01 |
| End Date | 2008-12-31 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -59.33333 |
| Northernmost | -59.33333 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -45 |
| Easternmost | -45 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | Signy Island, South Orkney Islands |
| Distribution: | |
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| Distribution Media | N/A |
| Distribution Size | 16KB |
| Distribution Format | EXCEL |
| Fees | N/A |