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eDNA Barcoding from Sub-Ice Platelet Layer at Granite Harbour and New Harbour, 2023
Antarctica New ZealandThis metadata record represents DNA barcoding for species presence/absence. Five sites were sampled (three in Granite Harbour and two in New Harbour). These data were used to characterise the relationship between biological assemblages incorporated into or associated with the platelet ice and their environment. Specifically, determine whether Silverfish –...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Automated Weather Station Data (Air Temperature, Humidity, Wind Speed, Wind...
Antarctica New ZealandTwo automated weather stations operates at Cape Adare . The station was established in 2014 and continues to transmit live data. Data are logged every 30 minutes. Time plotted as UTC+12. Cape Adare Ridge (-71.30498, 170.23253) Cape Adare Beach (-71.30820, 170.19580) Parameters: - Barometric Pressure (mbar) - Water Content - Surface (m^3/m) - Temperature –...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Coastal and Landfast Sea Ice Thickness in Western Ross Sea, Antarctica, from...
Antarctica New ZealandThe data are approximately 800 km of airborne electromagnetic survey of coastal sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer (SIPL) thickness distributions in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica, from McMurdo Sound to Cape Adare. Data were collected between 8 and 13 November 2017, within 30 days of the maximum fast ice extent in this region. Approximately 700 km of...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Phytoplankton Assemblage Raw Sequencing Data, Ross Sea Region, 2018-2019
Antarctica New ZealandThis study investigates eukaryotic plankton diversity and populations distribution in water masses and across major frontal zones of the southwest Pacific. The aims of this study are 1) to characterize the diversity of protistan communities in subtropical and subantarctic waters east of New Zealand and across the subtropical front that separates these...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Sea Ice PAR and Temperature Measurements, Cape Evans, 2022
Antarctica New ZealandPAR (Oddesey) and temperature sensors (Hobo) were deployed in the ice under red, green, and blue acrylic sheets to examine the response of rhodopsin-bearing cells to environmental stress. Sensors were placed near the top, middle and bottom of the sea ice and left in place for 2 weeks. GET DATA: ken.ryan@vuw.ac.nzCreated 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Life Beneath the Ice: Jellyfish and Ctenophores from the Ross Sea,...
Antarctica New ZealandThis Zenodo dataset contain the Common Objects in Context (COCO) files linked to the following publication: Each COCO zip folder contains an "annotations" folder including a json file and an "images" folder containing the annotated images. Verhaegen, G, Cimoli, E, & Lindsay, D (2021). Life beneath the ice: jellyfish and ctenophores from the Ross Sea,...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Oxygen Concentrations by Microelectrode Profiling, Lake Fryxell and Lake Bonney, 2023
Antarctica New ZealandThis metadata record represents oxygen concentration measurements across six locations at Lake Fryxell and Lake Bonney. GET DATA: ian.hawes@waikato.ac.nzCreated 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Oceanographic Casts (CTD, Turbidity, ADCP, Turbulence) at Kamb Ice Stream...
Antarctica New ZealandData target a major subglacial outlet river emerging from beneath the Kamb Ice Stream site 1 (KIS). These data were used to determine both the role of water beneath the ice sheets and the ice-ocean interactions that take place once this water emerges into the ice shelf cavity. Turbulence measured with VMP microstructure profiler to characterise the mixing...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Digital Photographs of 14 Glaciers across the Victoria, Wright and Taylor...
Antarctica New ZealandThe Dry Valleys region contains many unusual and fascinating geographical features, with some of the most stunning being the frozen-based alpine glaciers that flow from the ranges of the Victoria, Wright and Taylor Valleys. In the summers of 1970 to 1974, the lower margins and termini of 14 glaciers were selected to be photographed from locations and...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Aerosol Chemistry and Phytoplankton Biomarker Dataset from Snow Samples,...
Antarctica New ZealandThis metadata record represents data generated from snow samples - chemical composition (water isotopes, soluble ions, organic compounds, insoluble particles) GET DATA: holly.winton@vuw.ac.nzCreated 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Environmental Datalogger Array, Lake Bonney, 2024
Antarctica New ZealandThis metadata record represents one datalogger array at Lake Bonney. These data were used to investigate how the environment is changing as lake levels rise and the ice thins. It provides the context for evaluating the responses of ecosystems. GET DATA: ian.hawes@waikato.ac.nzCreated 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Oceanographic Mooring: Continuous Temperature, Salinity, and Current Flow...
Antarctica New ZealandThe oceanographic mooring (-77.891050, 166.258333) provided year-round characterisation of the water column near Cape Armitage. Depth, Temperature, Salinity, and Density records from the three microcat (SBE37) instruments deployed at nominal depths of: - 84 mSBL, - 252 mBSL, - 452 mBSL. This collection includes: - 11 instruments - Temperature logger...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Autonomous Phase-Sensitive Radio Echo Sounder (ApRES) Measurements at Kamb...
Antarctica New ZealandThis metadata record represents ApRES (Autonomous phase-sensitive Radio Echo Sounder) measurements conducted at Kamb Ice Stream 3 (KIS3). . GET DATA: r.levy@gns.cri.nzCreated 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Far- and Mid- Infrared FTS measurements: Greenhouse and Ozone Depleting...
Antarctica New ZealandMeasurements of partial and total column of several atmospheric trace gases (e.g.O3, HCl, N2O, CH4, HNO3, ClONO2, HCN, HF, OCS, CO, C2H6, CFC-11, CFC-12, COF2 + others). Measurements are made with Bruker Fourier transform spectrometers, using direct sunlight (or moonlight) at infrared wavelengths (700-10000cm-1). The Bruker FTS instruments have two liquid...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
GRUAN Sondes: Atmospheric Profiles of Ozone, Aerosol, and Water Vapour, Antarctica
Antarctica New ZealandAltitude profile measurements of water vapour, ozone and aerosols using balloon packages flown through the troposphere into the stratosphere as part of the Ross Island GRUAN site activities. Maximum altitude recorded was 29 km. This project is a collaboration between the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and NOAA. Timeline: -...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
UVVis: Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Chlorine Dioxide (OCIO), Bromine Oxide (BrO)...
Antarctica New ZealandSpectroscopic measurements of stratospheric gases Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Chlorine Dioxide (OCIO), Bromine Oxide (BrO) and Ozone (O3) using scattered sunlight. Airyx and Envimeas: A dual MAX-DOAS UV/visible wavelength diode array spectrometer is deployed to measure of ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), chlorine dioxide (OClO) and bromine oxide (BrO). The...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Core: Roosevelt Island Ice Core (RICE) Combined Record AMJJASON Season Isotope Data
Antarctica New ZealandHere we examine the water stable-isotope data from the Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) ice core. In this study, we use empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis to investigate the relationship between RICE ice-core oxygen-18 isotopes (δ18O) and Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation during the extended austral winter (April–November)....Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Sediment Core Nucleic Acid (DNA and RNA), Microscopic Cell Counts, and...
Antarctica New ZealandThis metadata record represents nucleic acid (DNA and RNA), microscopic cell counts, and ancient DNA collected at Kamb Ice Stream 3 (KIS3) from Core 5072_1_A_1G. RNA data were generated to determine which metabolic pathways are utilised in the seafloor environment. DNA extracted from cells were used to determine community composition. Cell counts provide...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Microplastic Concentration in Snow Samples from Ross Island, Antarctica, 2019
Antarctica New ZealandWe collected a total of 19 samples were collected with 6 from locations near research stations and 13 from remote locations with minimal human disturbance across the Ross Island region of Antarctica. Samples were collected using a stainless-steel scoop and stainless-steel funnel to fill each 500 mL bottle with snow from the top 2 cm of the surface....Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025 -
Coastal and Landfast Sea Ice Thickness in Western Ross Sea, Antarctica, from...
Antarctica New ZealandThe data are approximately 800 km of airborne electromagnetic survey of coastal sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer (SIPL) thickness distributions in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica, from McMurdo Sound to Cape Adare. Data were collected between 8 and 13 November 2017, within 30 days of the maximum fast ice extent in this region. Approximately 700 km of...Created 25 March 2025 • Updated 25 March 2025
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