The Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX) program was the first major western sea ice experiment constructed specifically to answer emerging questions about how sea ice moves and changes in response to the influence of ocean and atmosphere. A pilot study in 1972 was followed by the AIDJEX field program in 1975 and 1976.

Researchers maintained four manned camps on ice floes in the Beaufort Sea. The scientists collected meteorological and oceanographic data from instruments located at the camps and on floating data buoys. The experiment was designed to collect coordinated measurements over at least one year, in order to have the right combination of data for understanding atmosphere and ice interactions. The submarine USS Gurnardparticipated by collecting ice draft data from upward-looking acoustical soundings (sonar). Ice draft (the depth of the ice below the water surface) is an estimator of ice thickness.

The University of Washington led the logistics and research work of the program, which was a collaboration between the United States, Canada, and Japan. Norbert Untersteiner was instrumental in the design of AIDJEX and served as Project Director from 1971 to 1978. The Polar Science Center at the University of Washington maintains an AIDJEX electronic library. It includes downloadable copies of the contents of all 40 AIDJEX Bulletins, beginning in 1970 and ending in 1978.

The majority of the data are held with the NSIDC, at their website. This dataset was provided to Erica Rosenblum. An example of the cleaning can be taken from Volume 4 for Camp Big Bear in publication 2.

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Dataset Name The Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
Dataset General Type AIDJEX
Dataset Type Dataset
Dataset Level 0.1-User provided or historical data
Program Website https://nsidc.org/noaa/aidjex
Keyword Vocabulary Polar Data Catalogue
Keyword Vocabulary URL https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/keywordlibrary
Theme Cryosphere
Marine
Dataset Status Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Dataset Last Revision Date 1976-05-01
Dataset DOI 10.34992/4xak-8r05
Metadata Creation Date 2022
Publisher CanWIN
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Dataset Collection Start Date 1975-04-01
Dataset Collection End Date 1976-04-01
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Spatial extent West Bound Longitude
Spatial extent East Bound Longitude
Spatial extent South Bound Latitude
Spatial extent North Bound Latitude
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Sample Collection 1
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STD Plessey model 9040 with 8400 digital data logger
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Preferred citation Moritz, Richard. 2020. Salinity, Temperature, Depth profiler data at AIDJEX stations April 1975 through April 1976, Version 1. Boulder, Colorado USA. CanWIN: Canadian Watershed Information Network. https://doi.org/10.34992/4xak-8r05 [Date Accessed].
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STD Plessey model 9040 with 8400 digital data logger
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Dataset Authors 1
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Untersteiner, Norbert
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nsidc@nsidc.org
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Dataset Authors 2
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Mortiz, Richard
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nsidc@nsidc.org
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contributors
Contributors 1
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Trowbridge, R
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Researcher
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Project Data Curator Moritz, Richard
Project Data Curator email nsidc@nsidc.org
Project Data Curator Affiliation National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Publications 1
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Maykut, G. A. & McPhee, M. G. Solar heating of the Arctic mixed layer. J. Geophys. Res. 100, 24691 (1995).
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Publications 2
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Rosenblum, E. (2018). Arctic sea ice retreat and mixed-layer processes. UC San Diego. ProQuest ID: Rosenblum_ucsd_0033D_17832. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5gf5rdk. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6mq5q2zp
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Publications 3
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Bauer, E., K. Hunkins, T. O. Manley, and W. Tiemann, Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment 1975-1976, Physical Oceanography Data Report, Salinity, Temperature, and Depth Data, vols. 1-4, Tech. Rep. 8-11, Lamont-Doherty Geol. Obs., Columbia Univ., Palisades, N. Y. (1980).
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