Sience Field
Meteorology and Glaciology => Meteorology and Sea ice in the Southern Ocean
Project => Meteorology and Glaciology
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Title | Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Data by Shirase |
| Sub-Title | Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Data Collected by the Ship-based Video Observations onboard Antarctic Research Vessel |
| Data Summary | Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) initiated the ship-based video observations of sea ice and snow thicknesses in December 1987 (JARE29). The downward-looking video camera was mounted at the side deck of the Japanese Antarctic Research vessel, icebreaker “Shirase” for measuring sea ice and snow thicknesses during its outbound and homebound voyages ( to and from Syowa station (69゜00’E, 39゜35’ S)). These observations had been conducted consecutively from December 1988 to January 1991 (JARE30 to 32) as a part of the Japanese Antarctic Climate Research (ACR) program. After the observations in December 1997 (JARE39), video observations have been conducted consecutively since December 1999 (JARE41). This dataset summarizes the results of ship-based video observations of sea ice and snow thicknesses in 13 voyages from JARE29 to 48. |
| About Observation | |
| Spatial Coverage | |
| Data Location | Sea ice region along the track of Shirase, mostly in Lutzow-holm Bay |
| Observaion Period / Temporal Coverage |
1989 - 2007 |
| Data Period | 1987 - 2007 |
| Observation Photo |
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| Data Details | |
| Data Name | Sea ice thickness and snow depth |
| Data Format | Digital record |
| Data Recording / Acquisition Sampling |
Non regular |
| Observation Instruments | CCD camera, video recorder and GPS |
| Sample Data |
Ice and Snow Thickness Distributions of the Land Fast Ice in Lutzow-holm Bay（JARE48）
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| Publication | |
| Publication method | http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~dbase/300/JARE29-48_sea_ice_thickness_data.xls Metadata/AMD : Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Data Collected by the Ship-based Video Observations onboard Antarctic Research Vessel "Shirase" Data Archives : Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Data by Shirase |
| Data Policy | |
| Data Center (Contact Person) |
National Institute of Polar Research (Shuki Ushio) |
| ushio (at) nipr.ac.jp | |
| Related Organization | National Maritime Research Institute Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University College of Engineering, Nihon University Asahikawa National College of Technology Kitami Institute of |
| Scientific Results / Publication |
Kamimura A. and H. Kitagawa(1989） : Full-scale measurement on board Antarctic research vessel “Shirase”, 54th general meeting of the Ship Research Institute 7-14(in Japanese). Shimoda, H., T. Endoh, K. Muramoto, N. Ono, T. Takizawa, S. Ushio, T. Kawamura and K.I. Ohshima. （1997） : Observation of Sea-ice Conditions in the Antarctic Coastal Region Using Ship-board Video Cameras. Antarctic Record, 41(1), 355-365(in Japanese). Uto S., H. Shimoda and K. Izumiyama (2003) : Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Distribution of the Summer Land-fast Ice in Lutzow-holm Bay, East Antarctica, Proc. 17th International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions, 1, 175-183. Uto S., H. Shimoda, K. Izumiyama.、S. Ushio, S. Aoki, G. Hashida, H. Wakabayashi. and F. Nishio (2004) : Characteristics of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Distributions of Land-fast Ice during Summer in Lutzow-Holmbukta, Antarctica, revealed from Ship-based Observations, Antarctic record, 48(3), 165-170(in Japanese) Uto, S., H. Shimoda and S. Ushio （2006） : Characteristics of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Distributions of the Summer Land-fast Ice in Lutzow-Holmbukta, East Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 44, 281-287. Uto, S., H. Shimoda, S. Aoki, S. Ushio, F. Nishio, H. Wakabayashi, G. Hashida, K..G. Azuma, A. Furusaki and K. Tateyama : Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth Data Collected by the Ship-based Video Observations from 29th to 48th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, JARE data report (in print) |
| Digital Object Identifier(DOI) | |
| Creator | Shuki Ushio |
| Publisher | National Institute of Polar Research |