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High-resolution Image-derived Grounding and Hydrostatic Lines for the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Entry ID: NSIDC-0489

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Summary

Abstract: This data set provides grounding line and hydrostatic line locations for the Antarctic coastline and islands around Antarctica. The data are derived using customized software to combine data from Landsat-7 imagery and Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) laser altimetry, which were primarily collected between 1999 to 2003. The data set also includes elevations along each line, selected from six candidate digital elevation models. The data were developed as part of the Antarctic Surface Accumulation and Ice Discharge (ASAID) project. Data are available via FTP, provided in both ASCII text (.txt) and shapefile (.shp, .dbf, .shx) formats.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Bindschadler, R., H. Choi, and ASAID Collaborators

Dataset Title: High-resolution Image-derived Grounding and Hydrostatic Lines for the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Dataset Release Date: 2011-02-20

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado, USA

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

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0489.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1999-01-01

Stop Date: 2003-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

SOCIETY

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

GPW > Gridded Population of the World

Quality http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/documentation.jsp

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York and the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) hold the copyright of this dataset. Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or redistribution without explicit written permission from CIESIN and CIAT. Users should acknowledge CIESIN and CIAT as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new datasets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this dataset. CIESIN and CIAT also request reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts.

Ancillary Keywords

CIESIN > Population Dynamics > Demographic Characteristics > Population Distribution

CIESIN > Population Dynamics > Demographic Characteristics > Population Size

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

SEDAC

Data Center

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center

Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GPWv3_POPDENS

Data Center Personnel
Name: SEDAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 845-365-8920 Fax: +1 845-365-8922 Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment

Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/wdc/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GPWv3_POPDENS

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT CHEN Phone: 1-845-365-8952 Fax: 1-845-365-8922 Email: bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: WDC for Human Interactions in the Environment CIESIN/Columbia University P. O. Box 1000 61 Route 9W City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

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