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AIDJEX Beaufort Sea Upward Looking Sonar April 1976, Version 1

Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

This data contains Upward Looking Sonar (ULS) profiles of the underside of the Arctic pack ice along three transects whose total length is 777 nautical miles. The data were obtained by the USS Gurnard (SSN-662), a U.S. Navy submarine, on a traverse of the AIDJEX Main Experiment area in the Beaufort Sea from 07 April 1976 to 10 April 1976. The sea ice thickness derived from the ULS is given in feet.The data are in a single ASCII text file: Aidjex_04_1976_uls.txt. The data in this text file are not formatted into columns; all data are presented in one long row separated by spaces. Little is known about the format of the file, so caution should be used when working with the data. NSIDC is providing this data as part of our effort to preserve historical data. The data file begins with nine values that appear to be header information. These nine values include latitude and longitude values along with other unknown values. After the header, there are approximately 2100 measurements of what NSIDC believes is sea ice thickness in feet, however it is unclear how often these measurements were taken. After these 2100 values, another header of nine values occurs followed again by 2100 measurements. The file continues in this pattern through the remainder of the file. Users with information about the contents of the file are encouraged to contact NSIDC User Services.Two supporting documents that provide some background have been scanned and included as PDF files. These are AIDJEX_ULS_background.pdf and AIDJEX_ULS_format.pdf. These data are available via FTP. Note: These data are in a raw format with unknown fields and are being provided as is for preservation purposes. A processed version of the data are available in the Submarine Upward Looking Sonar Ice Draft Profile Data and Statistics data set.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
Publisher NSIDC;NOAA
Maintainer
Identifier 10.7265/N5X63JV3
Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://noaadata.apps.nsidc.org/NOAA/G02191/
Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-155.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":76.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-137.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":70.0}
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 993bb15848695929a1bf5d5e959b4d1a7d5991d255d98e59a91616b84958a0dc
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1976-04-07/1976-04-07

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