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WAIS Divide Ice Core Images, Antarctica

Entry ID: NSIDC-0375

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Summary

Abstract: This data set is comprised of optical images of ice core sections, acquired with a digital line-scan camera in the cold room facility at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL). Ice core sections are archival cuts which have rough-out rounds of ice with a single plane cut along one side. Ice sections were illuminated with fiber optic light guides connected to a 1000 watt (W) xenon light ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -79.47

S: -79.47

E: -112.08

W: -112.08

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Kenneth C. McGwire

Dataset Title: WAIS Divide Ice Core Images, Antarctica

Dataset Release Date: 2010-02-10

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0375.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2006-01-01

Stop Date: 2007-12-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

LABORATORY

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

CAMERAS

Project

WAISCORES > West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctica

Ice Core

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

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

NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC 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: 16 GB

Distribution Format: TIFF

Personnel

KENNETH CHRISTIAN MCGWIRE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 775-673-7324

Fax: 775-673-7485

Email: kenm at dri.edu

Contact Address:

DRI-DEES

2215 Raggio Parkway

City: Reno

Province or State: NV

Postal Code: 89512

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

McGwire, K. C., G. M. Hargreaves, R. B. Alley, T. J. Popp, D. B. Reusch, M. K. Spencer, K. C. Taylor. 2008. An integrated system for optical imaging of ice cores. Cold Regions Science and Technology, Volume 53, Issue 2, Pages 216-228.

McGwire, K.C., J.R. McConnell, R.B. Alley, J.R. Banta, G.M. Hargreaves, and K.C. Taylor. 2008. Dating Annual Layers of a Shallow Antarctic Ice Core with an Optical Scanner. Journal of Glaciology 54(188):831-838.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-06-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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