Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation, Southeastern Ross Embayment, West Antarctica
Entry ID: NSIDC-0099

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Summary
Abstract: Ice surface elevation and ice thickness data are available for a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The investigators utilized a laser altimeter and ice-penetrating radar mounted to a Twin Otter aircraft to survey the ice sheet. Ice surface elevations and ice thickness data, derived from laser altimetry and radar sounding results, are available in ASCII format via ftp. These data are a ... View entire text
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Description: FTP site for obtaining these data.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -80.0   S: -84.0   E: -104.0   W: -134.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Donald D. Blankenship
Dataset Title: Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation, Southeastern Ross Embayment, West Antarctica
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: Table
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0099.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2011-04-05
Stop Date: 2011-06-06
Access Constraints none
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: gpmpanoaamc3e

Data Center Personnel
Name: GHRC USER SERVICES OFFICE
Phone: 256-961-7932
Fax: 256-961-7859
Email: ghrcdaac at itsc.uah.edu
Contact Address:
GHRC User Services Office
Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC)
320 Sparkman Drive
City: Huntsville
Province or State: AL
Postal Code: 35805
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 240 Kb
Distribution Format: ASCII
Fees: none
Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 303-497-3829
Email: christopher.williams at Colorado.edu
Contact Address:
University of Colorado at Boulder
CIRES
City: Boulder
Province or State: Colorado
Postal Code: 80309
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2013-02-14
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-02-14

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