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1. Orthorectification of WorldView-2 imagery of eastern Heard Island, acquired 23 December 2010 [worldview-2_23dec2010_ortho]
The images in these two directories are the result of a rigorous orthorectification of the panchromatic band and eight multispectral bands of the two WorldView-2 images of the east coast of Heard ...


2. Georectification of IKONOS image, January 2004, Heard Island [SIC_266_267_georectification]
NOTE - this record has been superseded by "SIC_266_267_ortho", which describes a more recent orthorectification of the same two images. Two IKONOS 2004 images (SIC 266 and 267) were chosen as the ...


3. Satellite tracking of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) fledglings at Amanda Bay in 2011 [ASAC_1252_IMOS_11068_201011]
As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...


4. Satellite tracking of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) fledglings at Amanda Bay in 2012 [ASAC_1252_IMOS_11068_201112]
As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...


5. Satellite tracking of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) fledglings at Amanda Bay in 2013 [ASAC_1252_IMOS_11068_201213]
As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...


6. Investigations of the Antarctic Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere using satellite data [ASAC_2668]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2668 See the link below for public details on this project. The dataset contains data in the following formats: The *.met files contain the height, time, ...


7. Changes in vegetation on Macquarie Island 2000 to 2007 [ASAC_1015_macca_veg_change]
Taken from the report in the download file: Plot data and satellite imagery were used to examine changes in vegetation between 2000 and 2007. These data were examined in light of changes in rabbit ...


8. Macquarie Island - Digitising topographic features [Macquarie_Island_quickbird_digitising]
The topographical features were digitised from the Macquarie Island Quickbird orthorectifed satellite imagery (5 March 2005) with metadata record: Entry ID: macquarie_quickbird_5March2005_mapping ...


9. Conservation and Management Science of Marine Mammals [ASAC_2941]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 2941. This project replaced project 2301 after 2006-2007 (ASAC_2301). Public This work addresses Australian Government marine mammal conservation, ...


10. Impact of Black Saturday bushfire plume and other pyrocarbon emissions on stratospheric ozone above Antarctica [AAS_3229]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3229. Public Summary: We investigate the impact of Black Saturday Australian bushfire in 2009 on the atmosphere above Australia and in the southern ...


11. Co-registration of SPOT image, 31 March 1991, Heard Island [SIC_187_coregistration]
The co-registration of the SPOT image (31 March 1991, SIC 187) was done as part of the Heard Island AAS2939 project (Lucieer et al.). This SPOT image was co-registered to the IKONOS Jan. 2004 image ...


12. Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification [Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08]
The WorldView-1 image of Heard Island (23 March 2008) that was purchased by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) and the University of Tasmania (UTAS) in June 2008 has to be geometrically corrected ...


13. Heard Island - Ground Control Point Identification on 4 satellite images [heard_satimage_control]   PARENT DIF
Ground control points were captured in the field as described in the metadata record "Global change, biodiversity and conservation in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems on Heard and McDonald Islands ...


14. Heard Island Radarsat Georeferencing Report, September 2002 [Heard_RadarSat_georef]
The aim of the project was to derive a number of control points that could be used to georeference two Radarsat scenes over Heard Island. Control points were derived from aerial photography covering ...


15. Distribution of foraging effort of Antarctic fur seals in relation to oceanographic features around Heard and Kerguelen Islands [ASAC_1251]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1251 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- The aim of this study is to develop spatial GIS models ...


16. Kerguelen-Heard Island region - Mapping Under Sea Geomorphology [Kerg_Heard_Plateau_Under_Sea_Geomorphology]
The geomorphology was digitised using contours derived from the DEM created by Dr. R. Beaman from James Cook University for Geoscience Australia. The data, the metadata record and the report related ...


17. Macquarie Island Quickbird Image (15 March 2005) orthorectification [Macquarie_Quickbird_15Mar2005]
Quickbird image of Macquarie Island acquired on 15 March 2005. The image has been orthorectified, i.e. all geometric distortions caused by the earth curvature and relief displacement have been corrected. ...


18. The variability of the Southern Annular Mode and associations with high latitude weather and climate [ASAC_2540]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2540 See the link below for public details on this project. The hemispheric and regional atmospheric circulation influences the Southern Ocean in many and ...


19. Satellite tracking of Emperor penguin fledglings [IMOS_11068]
As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...


20. Foraging ecology of fur seals at Iles Kerguelen [AADC-02128]
Public summary for project 2128: The aim of this study is to relate the foraging behaviour of Antarctic fur seals breeding on the Kerguelen Plateau at Iles Kerguelen and Heard Island, to the distribution ...


21. Georectification of Quickbird image, December 2006, Heard Island [SIC_462_georectification]
The orthorectification of the QuickBird image (15 December 2006, SIC 463) was done as part of the Heard Island AAS2939 project (Lucieer et al.). This QuickBird image was orthorectified and co-registered ...


22. Orthorectification of IKONOS image, 9 February 2005, Heard Island [SIC_447_georectification]
The orthorectification of the IKONOS image (9 February 2005) was done as part of the Heard Island AAS2939 project (Lucieer et al. in Jan - June 2008). This IKONOS image was orthorectified and co-registered ...


23. Orthorectification of QuickBird image, 17 January 2003, East Heard Island [SIC_253_georectification]
The orthorectification of the QuickBird image (17 January 2003, SIC 253) was done as part of the Heard Island AAS2939 project (Lucieer et al. in Jan - June 2008). This QuickBird image was orthorectified ...


24. Orthorectification of QuickBird image, 30 January 2006, East Heard Island [SIC_1961_georectification]
The orthorectification of the QuickBird image (30 January 2006) was done as part of the Heard Island AAS2939 project (Lucieer et al. in Jan - June 2008). This QuickBird image was orthorectified and ...


25. Population regulation and demography in Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at three penguin colonies on Ross Island (Cape Bird, Cape Crozier and Cape Royds) [K122_1994_2012_NZ_2]
This study aims to investigate the factors regulating population size and colony distribution of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at three colonies on Ross Island (Cape Royds, Bird and Crozier) ...


26. IPY: Collaborative Proposal: Constraining the Mass-Balance Deficit of the Amundsen Coast's Glaciers [das_0632031]
This award supports a project to gather data to better understand the mass balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet focusing on the Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers along the Amundsen Sea coast. ...


27. Mawson Escarpment North Satellite Image Map 1:100000 [mawson_north_sat]
Satellite image map of the northern end of the Mawson Escarpment, Antarctica. This map was produced for the Australian Antarctic Division by AUSLIG (now Geoscience Australia) Commercial, in Australia, ...


28. Beaver Lake Satellite Image and Topographic Double-sided Map 1:100 000 [beaver_sat]
Double-sided satellite image and topographic map of Beaver Lake, Antarctica. These maps were produced for the Australian Antarctic Division by AUSLIG (now Geoscience Australia) Commercial, in Australia, ...


29. Mount Ruker and Mount Rymill Satellite Image Maps 1:100 000 [Ruker_rymill_sat]
Two satellite images maps of Mt Ruker and Mt Rymill in the Australian Antarctic Territory were produced by the Australian Antarctic Division in 1998. Both maps are at a scale of 1:100 000 using Landsat ...


30. NASA SCP Arctic and Antarctic Ice Extent from QuikSCAT, 1999-2004 [NSIDC-0265]
This data set provides sea ice extent for the Arctic (60-90 degrees North) and Antarctic (52-90 degrees South) in Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) binary image format, along with ASCII text ...


31. GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Land Surface Altimetry Data [GLA14]
The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument on the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) provides global measurements of polar ice sheet elevation to discern changes in ice ...


32. The maximum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere by day and by winter season [sea_ice_extent_winter]
These data give the maximum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere by day and by winter season and the mean maximum extent by month. Data cover the 1979/1980 to 2007/2008 seasons. The ...


33. Atlas of Antarctic Sea Ice Drift [Drinkwater01]
The project of a digital Atlas of Antarctic Sea Ice Drift aims at providing a comprehensive view of sea ice motion around Antarctica as a reference for ocean and climate modeling. It also provides ...


34. Winter foraging success of Southern Ocean predators in relation to stochastic variation in sea-ice extent and winter water formation [ASAC_2794]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2794 See the link below for public details on this project. Public: This study will use innovative technology to measure the winter spatial foraging patterns ...


35. Population regulation and demography in Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at three penguin colonies on Ross Island (Cape Bird, Cape Crozier and Cape Royds) [K122_2004_2005_NZ_2]
This study aims to investigate the factors regulating population size and colony distribution of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at three colonies on Ross Island (Cape Royds, Bird and Crozier) ...


36. Winter foraging ranges of Weddell seals: a pilot study to assess their role in the winter sea-ice zone and their potential as ocean sampling platforms [ASAC_2695]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2695 See the link below for public details on this project. Variations in the winter extent of sea ice are thought to have profound effects on biological ...


37. Satellite Tracking of Adelie Penguins Around Mawson Station, Antarctica [Tracking_BI]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains the results from satellite tracking the movements of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) from Bechervaise Island near Mawson Station, Antarctica. By the use of satellite fixes ...


38. IPY: Investigation of Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance From Satellite Gravity Measurements [chen_0632195]
This award supports a project to assess Antarctic ice sheet mass balance at both continental and regional spatial scales, using high-accuracy satellite gravity measurements from the NASA Gravity Recovery ...


39. Satellite Tracking of Adelie Penguins in the Terra Nova Bay Region Antarctica [Tracking_EDP]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains the results from satellite tracking the movements of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscellis adeliae) from Edmonson Point in the Terra Nova Bay region, Antarctica. By the use of satellite ...


40. Macquarie Island Quickbird Image (2 November 2010) orthorectification [Macquarie_Quickbird_2Nov2010]
The Quickbird (2 Nov 2010) images purchased by the AAD in May 2011 were orthorectified to correct for geometric distortions caused by relief displacement. Additionally, for change detection analysis ...


41. Antarctic 5-km Digital Elevation Model from ERS-1 Altimetry [NSIDC-0076]
This data set provides a digital elevation model (DEM) for Antarctica to 81.5 degrees south latitude, at a resolution of 5 km. Approximately twenty million data points were used to generate this data ...


42. Survey report 1985/86 summer season Division of National Mapping Author - B.Murphy / DNM [survey_1985-86]
Surveying and Mapping Program Bunger Hills 1985/1986 Summer Season Report by B. Murphy, Division of National Mapping, Canberra AIM The aim of the surveying and mapping program undertaken by the ...


43. Remote Sensing of Near-Coastal Antarctic Sea Ice and Its Impacts on Ice Shelves and Ecosystems. [ASAC_3024]   CHILD DIFs
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3024. Public The proposed research will derive improved estimates of East Antarctic fast-ice extent and thickness, and their variability, from satellite ...


44. A Digital Elevation Model of Heard Island derived from TerraSAR satellite imagery [heard_dem_terrasar]
This dataset is a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of Heard Island derived from TerraSAR_X imagery using radargrammetric methods. At least one pair of ascending images and one pair of descending images ...


45. Effect of spatial and temporal variation in marine productivity on energy acquisition in southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina [ASAC_1171]
The demographic performance of high level antarctic predators is ultimately determined by the oceanic processes that influence the spatial and temporal distribution of primary productivity. This study ...


46. The nature of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave and its connections with Australian rainfall variability [ASAC_1329]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1329 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project---- The Antarctic Circumpolar Wave is a mode of high latitude ...


47. ICESat-Derived Grounding Zone for Antarctic Ice Shelves [NSIDC-0469]
This data set includes estimates of the location of the grounding zone of Antarctic ice shelves based on laser altimeter data acquired during the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) ...


48. GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Elevation Data [GLA06]
The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument on the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) provides global measurements of polar ice sheet elevation to discern changes in ice ...


49. GLAS/ICESat L1B Global Waveform-based Range Corrections Data [GLA05]
The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument on the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) provides global measurements of polar ice sheet elevation to discern changes in ice ...


50. GLAS/ICESat L2 Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet Altimetry Data [GLA12]
The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument on the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) provides global measurements of polar ice sheet elevation to discern changes in ice ...


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