833dc1aa-5774-48c2-8d3c-1a1dc0a9858c eng utf8 dataset dataset NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact 2017-11-28 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003(E) European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry 2008-11-12 publication European Petroleum Survey Group EPSGadministrator@iogp.org https://www.epsg-registry.org/ EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations, accessible through this online registry. information publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031 6.18.3 Mean position of the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean 2017-11-28 creation 2017-11-28 revision 2017-11-28 publication 2017-11-28 released None https://doi.org/10.5285/833dc1aa-5774-48c2-8d3c-1a1dc0a9858c doi GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01046 https://data.bas.ac.uk/ Please cite this item as: Thorpe, S., Heywood, K., Brandon, M., & Stevens, D. (2017). Mean position of the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean (Version None) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.. https://doi.org/10.5285/833dc1aa-5774-48c2-8d3c-1a1dc0a9858c This dataset contains the mean position of the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current front (SACCF) in the Scotia Sea, southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. The location of the front was determined from analysis of the geopotential anomaly field calculated from quality-controlled potential temperature and salinity data from the World Ocean Database 1998 (Levitus et al., 1998) supplemented by an additional hydrographic profile obtained from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, as detailed by Thorpe (2001) and Thorpe et al. (2002). The geopotential anomaly data were gridded at a horizontal resolution of one quarter degree and spanned the period 1911-1990. The front position was generated as part of a studentship awarded to SE Thorpe, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council with CASE support from the British Antarctic Survey. The studentship was supervised by KJ Heywood, MA Brandon and DP Stevens. No credit. completed Heywood, Karen University of East Anglia Researcher author Thorpe, Sally British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Brandon, MA Open University Researcher author Stevens, David University of East Anglia Researcher author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact asNeeded completed EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Fronts theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026-01-27 publication 23 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD United States of America https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Antarctic Circumpolar Current Scotia Sea South Georgia hydrography ocean front southwest Atlantic theme Scotia Sea Southern Ocean southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean Southern Ocean South Georgia Southern Ocean place Oceanographic geographical features theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-01-06 revision otherRestrictions no limitations to public access otherRestrictions no limitations license Open Government Licence v3.0 otherRestrictions Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: url url crossReference textTable eng utf8 environment oceans -65.0 -31.0 -63.0 -51.0 1911-01-01 1990-12-31 It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information distributor bytes 1 https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show/?entryid=833dc1aa-5774-48c2-8d3c-1a1dc0a9858c WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download dataset Methodology: The dataset was derived from data contained in the World Ocean Database 1998 (Levitus et al, 1998) supplemented by an additional hydrographic profile obtained from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Full details of the method used to determine the front position is given by Thorpe (2001) and Thorpe et al (2002). Data collection: The dataset was derived from data contained in the World Ocean Database 1998 (Levitus et al, 1998) supplemented by an additional hydrographic profile obtained from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. For full details see Thorpe et al (2002). Data quality: Quality control procedures for the data in the World Ocean Atlas 1998 are detailed by Levitus et al (1998). The frontal position analysis in this study required profiles to have measurements from the upper 1000 m of the water column; stations shallower than this, or with insufficient vertical resolution for the study, were excluded. asNeeded completed