The data collected within the Beaufort Sea used a helicopter-borne electromagnetic system called the Ice Pic. This system measures sea ice thickness without the ice observer having to exit the helicopter. The system operates by using low-frequency electromagnetic waves which pass through sea ice and reflect from the ice-sea boundary. The strength of the reflections are then compared to the distance from the sensor to the top of the snow/ice. This yields an accurate estimate of sea ice thickness.

Within this resource you will find zipped data set files corresponding to the year that the data was collected along with the metadata describing each data set. Also included are pictures taken in the field showing the Ice Pic system as well as various ice floes. The user manuals for the Hemi and Semi systems are made available as well.

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Dataset Name Semi & Hemi Data
Dataset General Type Semi-Hemi
Dataset Type Dataset
Dataset Level
Program Website
Keyword Vocabulary Polar Data Catalogue
Keyword Vocabulary URL https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/keywordlibrary
Theme Cryosphere
Dataset Status Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency Not planned
Dataset Last Revision Date 2011-08-23
Dataset DOI 10.5203/n2e3-yf55
Metadata Creation Date 2023
Publisher CanWIN
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Dataset Collection Start Date 2004-04-18
Dataset Collection End Date
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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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Licence Type Open
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CanWIN
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portalco@umanitoba.ca
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Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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Project Data Curator CanWIN
Project Data Curator email portalco@umanitoba.ca
Project Data Curator Affiliation Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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