Data on WII5 — Waves In Ice Buoys

SIPEX II — East Antarctica 2012

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The second Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX II) deployed five WIIOS units along a meridional transect from the RV Aurora Australis across East Antarctic sea ice in 2012. The mission investigated relationships between the physical sea-ice environment, marine biogeochemistry, and Southern Ocean ecosystem structure.

Location: East Antarctic sea ice
Year: 2012
Vessel: RV Aurora Australis
Instruments: 5 × WIIOS
Records: 268 wave records

Where to get the data

The full dataset is published on Mendeley:

PIPERS — Ross Sea 2017

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The Polynyas, Ice Production, and seasonal Evolution in the Ross Sea (PIPERS) campaign deployed fourteen WIIOS units during the autumn sea-ice growth period in 2017, producing the largest single WII dataset to date — over 23,000 wave records, two orders of magnitude beyond SIPEX II.

Location: Ross Sea, Antarctica
Year: 2017
Season: Autumn ice growth
Instruments: 14 × WIIOS
Records: 23,000+ wave records

Where to get the data

The full dataset is published on Mendeley:

JARE-61 — East Antarctica 2019/20

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The 61st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-61) deployed additional WIIOS units on East Antarctic sea ice during the 2019/20 summer season. The summer deployment is notable for the WIIOS units surviving longer than in earlier campaigns despite being placed on seasonal (rather than multi-year) ice.

Location: East Antarctica
Year/Season: 2019/20 summer
Expedition: JARE-61 (Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition)
Instruments: WIIOS units

Where to get the data

The full dataset is published on Mendeley:

Publications

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Peer-reviewed publications produced from WII wave-buoy deployments and the underlying mathematics. Mirrors the bibliography on Alison Kohout’s project page — canonical list is hers; this page is a local pointer so the work shows up alongside the datasets.

Newest first.

2022

Brouwer J., Fraser A. D., Murphy D. J., Wongpan P., Alberello A., Kohout A. L., Horvat C., Witherspoon S., Massom R., Cartwright J., Williams G. D. Altimetric observations of wave attenuation through the Antarctic marginal ice zone using ICESat-2. The Cryosphere, 16, 2325–2353.