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Balance ice fluxes for the Antarctic Ice sheet

Entry ID: ASAC_1261_Balance_Flux

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Summary

Abstract: Balance Ice Fluxes for the Antarctic ice sheet.

These ice fluxes (in km^2/yr)represent the (hypothetical) distribution of ice flux that would keep the Antarctic ice sheet in its present shape (i.e. surface topography), under the influence of a prescribed accumulation distribution.
The present fluxes were computed using computer code BalanceV2 (by Warner) (outlined in Budd and ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -65.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
ASAC_1261

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-09-30

Stop Date: 2005-03-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 5 km
Longitude Resolution: 5 km

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE MOTION

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

OCEANS

Quality Values provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

Access Constraints See the BEDMAP website for access to the ice sheet surface elevation dataset and the ice sheet thickness compilation.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the URL below when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

BALANCE FLUX

DRAINAGE BASIN

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Fees: free

Personnel

ROLAND WARNER

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6226 7878

Fax: +61 3 6226 2902

Email: Roland.Warner at utas.edu.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division and

Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC

Private Bag 80

City: Hobart

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7001

Country: Australia

Publications/References

BUDD, W. F. and WARNER R. C - A computer scheme for rapid calculations of balance-flux distributions. Annals of Glaciology 23 21-27 (1996) FRICKER, H.A., WARNER R., and ALLISON I. - Mass balance of the Lambert Glacier - Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica: a comparison of computed balance fluxes and measured fluxes, Journal of Glaciology, 46(155), 561-570, 2000

LIU, H. X., JEZEK, ...

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2004-07-19

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-03-16

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