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Antarctic Ice Velocity Data

Entry ID: NSIDC-0070

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Summary

Abstract: This compilation of recent ice velocity data of the Antarctic ice sheet is intended for use by the polar scientific community. The data are presented in tabular form (ASCII), containing latitude, longitude, speed, bearing, and error ranges. A metadata header describes the source of the data, the time of measurement, and gives details on measurement accuracy and precision. The tables are available ...

Description: Access these data as map images using the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS).

Link: GET SERVICE > GET WEB FEATURE SERVICE (WFS)

Description: Access these data in Geography Markup Language (GML) using the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Feature Service (WFS).

Link: GET SERVICE > ACCESS MAP VIEWER

Description: View an example of these data over Mertz Glacier in NSIDC's Antarctic Cryosphere Access Portal (A-CAP) online map viewer.

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Antarctic ice velocity data archive web page

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -50.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Ted Scambos, compiler

Dataset Title: Antarctic Ice Velocity Data

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: NSIDC

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0070.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1975-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE > ANTARCTICA

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE VELOCITY

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE VELOCITY

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Platform

LANDSAT

NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites

Instrument

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

TM > Thematic Mapper

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctic

Antarctic Ice Sheet

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NSIDC

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0070

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Distribution Size: 1 MB

Distribution Format: ASCII and GIF images

Fees: None

Personnel

ROBERT BINDSCHADLER

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 301-614-5707

Fax: 301-614-5666

Email: Robert.A.Bindschadler at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 614.0

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

CHARLES RAYMOND

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (206) 543-4914

Email: charlie at ess.washington.edu

Contact Address:

University of Washington

Department of Earth and Space Sciences

Box 351310

City: Seattle

Province or State: WA

Postal Code: 98105

Country: USA

NSIDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

Publications/References

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Allen and W.G. Gould. 1993. Velocity measurements and changes in position of Thwaites Glacier/iceberg tongue from aerial photography, Landsat images and NOAA AVHRR data. Ann. Glaciol. 17:239-244. Ferrigno, J.G., J.L. Mullins, J. Stapleton, P.S. Chavez, Jr., M.G. Velasco, R.S. Williams, Jr., G.F. Delinski, Jr., and D. Lear. 1996. Satellite Image Map of Antarctica. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series, Map I-2560. Ferrigno, J.G., J.L. Mullins, J. Stapleton, R.A. Bindschadler, T.A. Scambos, L.B. Bellisime, J. Bowell and A.V. Acosta. 1994. Landsat TM image maps of the Shirase and Siple Coast ice streams, West Antarctica. Ann. Glaciol. 20:407-412. Gerdau, H.W. and H.W. Schenke. 1984. Doppler Satellite observations of point drift rates for German research stations in the Antarctic. Zeitschrift fur Vermessungswesen. 109(4S):161-175. Hinze, H. 1990. Zum Einsatz von Statelliten-Positionierungsverfahren fur glaziologische Aufgaven in der Antarktis. Thesis Doktor-Ingenieur. Han
over, Germany. Hutchinson, M.F. 1993. Development of a continent-wid
e DEM with applications to terrain and climate analysis. In Environmental Modeling with GIS. Ed. M.F. Hutchinson et al. New York: Oxford University Press. Jacobs, S.S., H.H. Helmer, C.S.M. Doake, A. Jenkins, and R.M. Frolich. 1992. Melting of ice shelves and the mass balance of Antarctica. J. Glaciol. 38(130):375-87. Jenkins, A. and C.S.M. Doake. 1991. Ice-OOcean interaction on Ronne Ice Shelf. J. Geophys. Res. 96 (C1):791-813. Lange, M.A. 1985. Variation of the ice edge postion in the eastern and southern Weddell Sea. Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Programme (FRISP). 2:26-31. Lange, M.A. and H. Kohnen. 1985. Ice front fluctuations in the eastern and southern Weddell Sea. Ann. Glaciol. 6:187-91. Lange, M.A. 1987. Quantitative estimates of the mass flux and ice movement along the ice edges in the eastern and southern Weddell Sea. In: Dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 57-74. Dortrecht, Holland:Reidel Publishing. Lucchitta, B.K., L.M. Bertolini, J.G. Ferrigno and R.S. Wi
lliams Jr. 1991. Monitoring the dynamics of the Antarcitc coastline with Landsat images. Antarct. J. U.S. 26(5):316-17. Lucchitta, B.K. and H.M. Ferguson. 1986. Antarctica: measuring glacier velocity from satellite images. Science, 234(4780):1105-08. Lucchitta, B.K., K.F. Mullins, A.L. Allison and J.G. Ferrigno. 1993. Antarctic glacier-tongue velocities from Landsat images: first results. Ann. Glaciol. 17:356-66. Lucchitta, B.K., C.E. Rosanova and K.F. Mullins. 1995. Velocities of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, from ERS-1 SAR images. Ann. Glaciol. 21:277-83. Lucchitta, B.K., C.E. Smith, J.A. Bowell and K.F. Mullins. 1994. Velocities and mass balance of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, Derived from ERS-1 SAR images. Proceedings Second ERS-1 Symposium-Space at the Service of our Environment. Hamburg, Germany, 11 - 14 October 1993. ESA SP-361(January 1994):147-51. Morris, E.M., 1995. Deployment of reflectors for SAR interferometry. Sledge India field report. BA
S R/1994/S6. Moller, D., B. Reidel and B. Ritter. 1992. Strain and v
elocity dertermination on Ronne Ice Shelf. Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Programme (FRISP). 6:61-68. Reidel, B., A. Karsten, B. Ritter and W. Niemeier. 1995. Geodetic fieldwork along Foundation Ice Stream. Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Programme (FRISP). 9:101-05. Roth, A., T. Hugel, M. Matschke and G. Schreier. 1993. Experiences with ERS-1 SAR compositional accuracy. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, August 1993. Tokyo Japan, Proc. 3:1450-52. Scambos, T.A. and R.A. Bindschadler. 1993. Complex ice stream flow revealed by sequential satellite imagery. Ann. Glaciol. 17:177-82. Scambos, T.A., M.J. Dutkiewicz, J.C. Wilson and R.A. Bindschadler. 1992. Application of image cross-correlation to the measurement of glacier velocity using satellite image data. Remote Sensing Environ. 42(3):177-186. Scambos, T.A., K.A. Echelmeyer, M.A. Fahnestock and R.A. Bindschadler. 1994. Development of enhanced ice flow at the southern margin of Ice Str
eam D, Antarctica. Ann. Glaciol. 20:313-18. Shabtaie, S. and C.R. Bentley. 1987. West Antarctic ice streams draining into the Ross Ice Shelf: configuration and mass balance. J. Geophys. Res. 92(B2):1311-36. Shabtaie, S., C.R. Bentley, R.A. Bindschadler and D.R. MacAyeal. 1988. Mass-balance studies of Ice Streams A, B, and C, West Antarctica, and possible surging behavior of Ice Stream B. Ann. Glaciol. 11:137-49. Sievers, J., A. Grindel and W. Meier. 1989. Digital satellite image mapping of Antarctica. Polarforschung. 59:23-33. Smith, A.S, 1986. Ice rumples on Ronne Ice Shelf. Br. Antarct. Surv. Bull. 72:47-52. Stephenson, S.N. and R.A. Bindschadler. 1988. Observed velocity fluctuations on a major Antarctic ice stream. Nature. 334:695-97. Swithinbank, C.M.W., K. Brunk and J. Sievers. 1988. A Glaciological map of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Ann. Glaciol. 11:150-55. Thomas, R.H., D.R. MacAyeal, D.H. Eiilers, and D.R. Gaylord. 1984. Glaciological Studies on the
Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, 1972-1978. The Ross Ice Shelf: Glaciology
and Geophysics Antarctic Research Series. Volume 42(Paper 2):21-53. Vaughan, D.G., and M. Jonas. 1996. Measurements of velocity of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Programme (FRISP). 10:111-16. Vaughan, D.G. 1994. Glacier geophysical fieldwork on Ronne Icee Shelf in 1992/93. Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Programme (FRISP). 7:37-39. Vaughan, D.G., J. Sievers, C.S.M. Doake, H. Hinze, D.R. Mantripp, H. Sandhager, H.W. Schenke, A. Solheim and F. Thyssen. 1995. Subglacial and seabed topography, ice thickness and water column thickness in the vicintiy of Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis, Antarctica. Polarforschung. 62(2):75-88. Whillans, I.M., J. Bolzan and S. Shabtaie. 1987. Velocity of Ice Streams B and C, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res. 92(B9):8895-902. Whillans, I.M. and C.J. Van Der Veen. 1993. New and improved determinations of velocity of Ice Streams B and C, West Antarctica. J. Glaciol. 39:483-90.

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