GPS data from sea ice trackers deployed in Fram Strait in 2016.
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SUBMITTER: Muckenhuber S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5999012 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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GPS data from sea ice trackers deployed in Fram Strait in 2016.
Muckenhuber Stefan S Sagen Hanne H
Data in brief 20180504
Three GPS trackers have been deployed on sea ice in Fram Strait collecting GPS positions between 7th July 2016 until 10th September 2016 with an interval between 5 and 30 min. For an easy understanding and usage, corresponding satellite images and python scripts are added to the GPS data. ...[more]
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