Metadata

Field Value

Dataset Name

Amundsen KuKa Data

Dataset General Type

KuKa Data

Dataset Type

Collection

Dataset Level

1.1

Program Website

Keyword Vocabulary

Polar Data Catalogue

Keyword Vocabulary URL

https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/keywordlibrary

Theme

Title

Cryosphere

URL

https://canwin-datahub.ad.umanitoba.ca/data/en/group/cryosphere

Dataset Status

Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency

As needed

Dataset Last Revision Date

2025-10-01

Dataset DOI

10.34992/KQYY-WJ24

Metadata Creation Date

2025

Publisher

CanWIN

Dataset Authors

Dataset Authors 1

Name

Stroeve, Julienne

Type of Name

Personal

Email

julienne.stroeve@umanitoba.ca

Affiliation

Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba

ORCID ID

Dataset Authors 2

Name

Soriot, Clement

Type of Name

Personal

Email

clement.soriot@umanitoba.ca

Affiliation

Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba

ORCID ID

Contributors

Contributors 1

Name

Role

Email

Affiliation

Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba

ORCID ID

Project Data Curator

Stroeve, Julienne

Project Data Curator email

julienne.stroeve@umanitoba.ca

Project Data Curator Affiliation

Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba

Dataset Collection Start Date

2025-09-12

Dataset Collection End Date

2025-09-27

Sample Collection

Sample Collection 1

Sampling Instrument Name

KuKa radar

Standardized Sampling Instrument Name

Sample Collection Method Name

transect

Comment

Method Link

Method Summary

Method Description Type

Methods

Activity Collection Type

Field Measurement

Preferred citation

Analytical Instrument

Analytical Instrument 1

Analytical Instrument Name

KuKa

Standardized Analytical Instrument Name

Analytical Instrument Identifier Id

Analytical Instrument Title Type

Alternative Title

Analytical Instrument Identifier Type

Analytical Method

Analytical Method 1

Analytical Method Name

Method Link

Method Summary

Data has been converted from the raw data format into netcdf format.

Laboratory

Comments

KuKa.py was used to convert the data into netCDF. A version of KuKa.py can be found here: https://github.com/robbiemallett/kukapy_RM

Variables Measured

radar backscatter

License Name

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Licence Type

Open

Embargo Date

Licence URL

https://spdx.org/licenses

Terms of Access

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Terms of Use

By accessing this data you agree to [CanWIN's Terms of Use](/data/publication/canwin-data-statement/resource/5b942a87-ef4e-466e-8319-f588844e89c0).

Awards

Awards 1

Award Title

C150

Website

https://www.canada150.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx

Funder Name

Government of Canada

Funder Identifier Code

Funder Identifier Type

Crossref Funder ID

Funder Identifier Scheme

https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry

Grant Number

50296

Related Resources

Publications

Spatial regions

Spatial extent West Bound Longitude

Spatial extent East Bound Longitude

Spatial extent South Bound Latitude

Spatial extent North Bound Latitude

Data and Resources

Field Value

URL

https://canwinerddap.ad.umanitoba.ca/erddap/files/Amundsen_KuKa_Data_7fb1_1c47_a015/

Name

Amundsen KuKa Data

Description

Data collected during the Amundsen field campaign to the Queen Elizabeth Islands.

Format

.nc

Resource Category

data