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DAMOCLES 2008-2011 - Hamburg Arctic Ocean Buoy Drift Experiment: meteorological measurements of 9 autonomous drifting ice buoys
The field experiment DAMOCLES 2008 (Hamburg Arctic Ocean Buoy Drift Experiment DAMOCLES 2008-2009) consisted of the deployment and tracking of 9 drifting autonomous ice buoys in the Arctic Ocean. Seven buoys were deployed in the Canadian sector of the Arctic Ocean in late April 2008. Two more buoys were deployed in the Beaufort Sea and in the Laptev Sea in September and October 2008. The platforms report position, atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity, wind speed and ice temperature at 3-hourly time steps. The last two buoys additionally report wind direction.
The aim of the experiment was to study the Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean interaction, especially the impact of cyclones on the formation and transport of sea ice.
DAMOCLES 2008 and its predecessor DAMOCLES 2007 are a contribution to European integrated project DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies) which is funded by the European Union. DAMOCLES is a contribution to IPY 2007-2008 (International Polar Year).
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2011-06-22
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- Citation identifier
- UNI_HH_MI_DAMOCLES2008
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.1594/WDCC/UNI_HH_MI_DAMOCLES2008
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
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arctic
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buoy
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ice
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ice drift
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observational data
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sea ice
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scientific use: For scientific use only
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eng; USA
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- Begin date
- 2008-04-14
- End date
- 2011-08-29
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- 17
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- Attribute description
- wind_speed
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Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-2
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- longitude
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longitude [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree_east
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- wind_from_direction
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Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) In meteorological reports, the direction of the wind vector is usually (but not always) given as the direction from which it is blowing (wind_from_direction) (westerly, northerly, etc.). In other contexts, such as atmospheric modelling, it is often natural to give the direction in the usual manner of vectors as the heading or the direction to which it is blowing (wind_to_direction) (eastward, southward, etc.) "from_direction" is used in the construction X_from_direction and indicates the direction from which the velocity vector of X is coming. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree
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- latitude
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latitude [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree_north
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- sea_ice_temperature
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sea_ice_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled
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- time
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time [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
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- relative_humidity
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relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled
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- air_temperature
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Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled
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- air_pressure_at_sea_level
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sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: hPa
Metadata
Metadata
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- wdc-climate.de:2290314 XML
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eng; USA
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- Hierarchy level name
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UNI_HH_MI_DAMOCLES2008
- Date stamp
- 2011-06-22T14:51:38
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115-2:2009
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