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Overview: Sites |
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Snow and ice measurements were made at 10 process sites. These sites varied in duration from a few hours to a few days. Ice Stations Robert and Billy were multi-day stations where ice thickness, properties, and optics measurements were made. The sites were:
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Ice |
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Ending |
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Water |
Event |
Brief Floe |
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Station |
Station Name |
Date |
Date |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Depth(m) |
Numbers |
Description |
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Process Site 1 |
7/28/01 |
7/28/01 |
66*22.0 |
70*43'.5 |
66*21'.6 |
70*43'.1 |
562 |
1st site - level 30-32cm GWI cake floe rafted to ridged 60-100cm FYI cake floe; 2nd site - level 30-32cm GWI 20-100m floe |
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2 |
Arched Iceberg (W of Adel Polynya) |
7/30/01 |
7/30/01 |
67*36'.3 |
69*22'.2 |
67*39'.8 |
69*20'.4 |
135 |
semi-level 25-37cm young FYI 20-100m floe rafted to a ridged 25-200cm FYI 20-100m floe; flooded areas on ridged floe |
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3 |
Leopard Seal (E of Adel Polynya) |
8/1/01 |
8/1/01 |
67*49'.2 |
67*48'.0 |
67*49'.2 |
67*48'.0 |
265 |
ridged/rafted 30-100cm young FYI cake floe |
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4 |
Return to Flooding (W of Adel Polynya) |
8/2/10 |
8/2/01 |
67*43'.9 |
69*18'.7 |
67*49'.5 |
69*18'.8 |
135 |
flooded and rafted 15-55cm young FYI 20-100m floe |
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5 |
8/5/01 |
8/9/01 |
68*03'.8 |
70*21'.9 |
68*02'.0 |
70*06'.8 |
646-852 |
initially flooded, highly ridged/rafted 25-200cm young FYI 100-500m floe; observed cycles of flood/freeze during 5 day stay |
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6 |
Fernando |
8/11/01 |
8/11/01 |
68*05'.5 |
69*41'.5 |
68*05',5 |
69*41'.5 |
259 |
highly flooded, ridged 35-50cm FYI 20-100m floe |
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7 |
Backbend |
8/12/01 |
8/12/01 |
68*12'.3 |
69*31'.4 |
68*12'.3 |
69*31'.1 |
434 |
107, 108 |
level 45cm FYI cake floe rafted to ridged 45-100cm FYI cake floe; heavy flooding in rafted area near ridge |
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8 |
8/15/01 |
8/19/01 |
67*10'.7 |
70*14'.1 |
67*17'.5 |
70*39'.8 |
662-665 |
level 20cm cake floe rafted to a highly ridged/rafted 50-240cm FYI cake floes; snow loading of up to 20cm, freeboard depressed by up to 3cm; 5cm ice growth over 3 days |
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Roxanne |
8/20/01 |
8/20/01 |
67*11'.3 |
70*49'.2 |
67*11'.3 |
70*49'.2 |
501 |
rafted/ridged 64-80cm FYI 20-100m floe (cemented to other rafted/ridged floes) |
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10 |
Amphipod |
8/21/01 |
8/21/01 |
67*24'.8 |
70*49'.6 |
67*24'.8 |
70*49'.6 |
571 |
rafted/ridged 180cm FYI 20-100m floes (cemented to other rafted/ridged floes) |
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11 |
Yoga |
8/23/01 |
8/23/01 |
67*22'.3 |
70*11'.8 |
67*22'.3 |
70*11'.8 |
507 |
rafted/ridged 50-120cm FYI cake floe with some flooded areas (floe cemented to other cake and larger floes) |
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12 |
Swell |
8/24/01 |
8/24/01 |
65*24'.0 |
66*59'.3 |
65*24'.0 |
66*59'.3 |
697 |
131 |
rafted/ridged 88-230cm FYI 20m cake floe |
