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South Orkney Fast-Ice Series (SOFI) - Version 2.0
The South Orkney Fast-Ice series (SOFI) is an annual record of the timing of formation and breakout of fast-ice in Factory Cove, Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands on the Scotia Arc in the northern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Fast-ice formation and break-up has been studied at the South Orkeny Islands since the early 1900s, with this dataset covering the period of 1903 to 2019.
This dataset is produced by personnel from the British Antarctic Survey, in efforts to study sea-ice variability in the Southern Hemisphere. Data was collected using various methods over the reporting period, namely an offset date from Laurie Island''s fast-ice, direct observation, and with camera equipment.
This is an updated version (2.0) of the dataset, that includes data from 2008 to 2019.
Simple
- Alternate title
- Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01542
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-11-15
- Identifier
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01542
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown Unknown
- Keywords
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- NDGO0001
- NERC OAI Harvesting
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- NERC_DDC
- GCMD Parameter Valids
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
- EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
- EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Fast Ice Dynamics
- Long-term monitoring
- Signy Island
- South Orkney Islands
- Use limitation
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This dataset is published under the UK Open Government Licence V2.0 :
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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This dataset is published under the UK Open Government Licence V2.0 :
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
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- Begin date
- 1903-01-01
- End date
- 2019-01-01
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
- GET DATA ( http )
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
Conformance result
- Date
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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This dataset is [Version 2] of the previous dataset that has observations up until 2008, and includes data up to 2019.
As this dataset is a long-term monitoring project, methods differed throughout the 20th and 21st century. The different methods are described in the lineage section of this publication.
Data was not collected for the years 2009 and 2015 due to camera failure.
- File identifier
- GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01542 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2022-11-15
- Metadata standard name
- NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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